ἐλλύχνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ἐλλύχνιος (ellúkhnios, “produced for lamp-wicks”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐλλῠ́χνῐον • (ellŭ́khnĭon) n (genitive ἐλλῠχνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. lamp-wick, wick
    Synonym: θρυαλλίς (thruallís)
  2. (medicine) surgical bandage
  3. lampwick plant (Phlomis lychnitis)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐλλῠ́χνῐον; τοῦ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἐλλῠ́χνῐον
tò ellŭ́khnĭon 		τὼ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ω
tṑ ellŭkhnĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἐλλῠ́χνῐᾰ
tằ ellŭ́khnĭă
Genitive τοῦ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ου
toû ellŭkhnĭ́ou 		τοῖν ἐλλῠχνῐ́οιν
toîn ellŭkhnĭ́oin 		τῶν ἐλλῠχνῐ́ων
tôn ellŭkhnĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ῳ
tōî ellŭkhnĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ἐλλῠχνῐ́οιν
toîn ellŭkhnĭ́oin 		τοῖς ἐλλῠχνῐ́οις
toîs ellŭkhnĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ἐλλῠ́χνῐον
tò ellŭ́khnĭon 		τὼ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ω
tṑ ellŭkhnĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἐλλῠ́χνῐᾰ
tằ ellŭ́khnĭă
Vocative ἐλλῠ́χνῐον
ellŭ́khnĭon 		ἐλλῠχνῐ́ω
ellŭkhnĭ́ō 		ἐλλῠ́χνῐᾰ
ellŭ́khnĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Ellychnia

Further reading

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