πυγολαμπίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πῠρολᾰμπῐ́ς (pŭrolămpĭ́s)

Etymology

From πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump, buttocks”) +‎ λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine, gleam”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς • (pūgolămpĭ́s) f (genitive πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δος); third declension

  1. glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)
    Synonym: λᾰμπῠρῐ́ς (lămpŭrĭ́s)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς; τῆς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς
hē pūgolămpĭ́s 		τὼ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δε
tṑ pūgolămpĭ́de 		αἱ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δες
hai pūgolămpĭ́des
Genitive τῆς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δος
tês pūgolămpĭ́dos 		τοῖν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δοιν
toîn pūgolămpĭ́doin 		τῶν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δων
tôn pūgolămpĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δῐ
tēî pūgolămpĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δοιν
toîn pūgolămpĭ́doin 		ταῖς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́σῐ / πῡγολᾰμπῐ́σῐν
taîs pūgolămpĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δᾰ
tḕn pūgolămpĭ́dă 		τὼ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δε
tṑ pūgolămpĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s pūgolămpĭ́dăs
Vocative πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς
pūgolămpĭ́s 		πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δε
pūgolămpĭ́de 		πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δες
pūgolămpĭ́des
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.

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