σπῆλυγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπέος (spéos, “cave, cavern”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spɛ̂ː.lyŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspe̝.lyŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈspi.lyŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈspi.lyŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈspi.liŋks/
Noun
σπῆλῠγξ • (spêlŭnx) f (genitive σπήλῠγγος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σπῆλῠγξ hē spêlŭnx |
τὼ σπήλῠγγε tṑ spḗlŭnge |
αἱ σπήλῠγγες hai spḗlŭnges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σπήλῠγγος tês spḗlŭngos |
τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν toîn spēlŭ́ngoin |
τῶν σπηλῠ́γγων tôn spēlŭ́ngōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σπήλῠγγῐ tēî spḗlŭngĭ |
τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν toîn spēlŭ́ngoin |
ταῖς σπήλῠγξῐ / σπήλῠγξῐν taîs spḗlŭnxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σπήλῠγγᾰ tḕn spḗlŭngă |
τὼ σπήλῠγγε tṑ spḗlŭnge |
τᾱ̀ς σπήλῠγγᾰς tā̀s spḗlŭngăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σπῆλῠγξ spêlŭnx |
σπήλῠγγε spḗlŭnge |
σπήλῠγγες spḗlŭnges | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- σπήλαιον (spḗlaion)
Descendants
- Latin: spēlunca
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1382
Further reading
- “σπῆλυγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπῆλυγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette