λυχνίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • λύχνις (lúkhnis)

Etymology

From λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λῠχνῐ́ς • (lŭkhnĭ́s) f (genitive λῠχνῐ́δος); third declension

  1. rose campion (Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria)
    Synonym: βάλαρις (bálaris)
  2. precious stone that emits light, perhaps ruby

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λῠχνῐ́ς; τῆς λῠχνῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ λῠχνῐ́ς
hē lŭkhnĭ́s 		τὼ λῠχνῐ́δε
tṑ lŭkhnĭ́de 		αἱ λῠχνῐ́δες
hai lŭkhnĭ́des
Genitive τῆς λῠχνῐ́δος
tês lŭkhnĭ́dos 		τοῖν λῠχνῐ́δοιν
toîn lŭkhnĭ́doin 		τῶν λῠχνῐ́δων
tôn lŭkhnĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ λῠχνῐ́δῐ
tēî lŭkhnĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν λῠχνῐ́δοιν
toîn lŭkhnĭ́doin 		ταῖς λῠχνῐ́σῐ / λῠχνῐ́σῐν
taîs lŭkhnĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν λῠχνῐ́δᾰ
tḕn lŭkhnĭ́dă 		τὼ λῠχνῐ́δε
tṑ lŭkhnĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς λῠχνῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s lŭkhnĭ́dăs
Vocative λῠχνῐ́ς
lŭkhnĭ́s 		λῠχνῐ́δε
lŭkhnĭ́de 		λῠχνῐ́δες
lŭkhnĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • → Latin: lychnis
  • → Translingual: Lychnis

Further reading

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