λύκαινα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + -αινᾰ (-aină).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lý.kai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈly.kɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈly.cɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈly.ce.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.ce.na/
Noun
λῠ́καινᾰ • (lŭ́kaină) f (genitive λῠκαίνης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λῠ́καινᾰ hē lŭ́kaină |
τὼ λῠκαίνᾱ tṑ lŭkaínā |
αἱ λῠ́καιναι hai lŭ́kainai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λῠκαίνης tês lŭkaínēs |
τοῖν λῠκαίναιν toîn lŭkaínain |
τῶν λῠκαινῶν tôn lŭkainôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λῠκαίνῃ tēî lŭkaínēi |
τοῖν λῠκαίναιν toîn lŭkaínain |
ταῖς λῠκαίναις taîs lŭkaínais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λῠ́καινᾰν tḕn lŭ́kainăn |
τὼ λῠκαίνᾱ tṑ lŭkaínā |
τᾱ̀ς λῠκαίνᾱς tā̀s lŭkaínās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῠ́καινᾰ lŭ́kaină |
λῠκαίνᾱ lŭkaínā |
λῠ́καιναι lŭ́kainai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λυκαίνιον (lukaínion)
Descendants
References
- “λύκαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λύκαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λύκαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
λύκος (lýkos, “wolf”) + -αινα (-aina, “feminising”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlice̞na]
- Hyphenation: λύ‧και‧να
Noun
λύκαινα • (lýkaina) f (plural λύκαινες, masculine λύκος)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | λύκαινα (lýkaina) | λύκαινες (lýkaines) |
| genitive | λύκαινας (lýkainas) | λυκαινών (lykainón) |
| accusative | λύκαινα (lýkaina) | λύκαινες (lýkaines) |
| vocative | λύκαινα (lýkaina) | λύκαινες (lýkaines) |