ἶλιγξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

εἴλιγξ (eílinx), ἴλιξ (ílix)

Etymology

Formation like θῶμιγξ (thôminx) and ὄστλιγξ (óstlinx). The word is either directly from είλέω (eíléō, “to turn, wind”) or via an unknown noun. On account of the suffix, one could separate the word from εἰλέω (eiléō) as Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /îː.liŋks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.liŋks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.liŋks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.liŋks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.liŋks/

Noun

ἶλῐγξ • (îlĭnx) f (genitive ἴ̄λῐγγος); third declension

whirlpool, eddy
Synonyms: βέμβιξ (bémbix), δῑ́νη (dī́nē), στροφάλιγξ (strophálinx)
dizziness, vertigo
(in the plural) wreaths of smoke

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἶλῐγξ; τῆς ῑ̓́λῐγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἶλῐγξ hē îlĭnx	τὼ ῑ̓́λῐγγε tṑ ī́lĭnge	αἱ ῑ̓́λῐγγες hai ī́lĭnges
Genitive	τῆς ῑ̓́λῐγγος tês ī́lĭngos	τοῖν ῑ̓λῐ́γγοιν toîn īlĭ́ngoin	τῶν ῑ̓λῐ́γγων tôn īlĭ́ngōn
Dative	τῇ ῑ̓́λῐγγῐ tēî ī́lĭngĭ	τοῖν ῑ̓λῐ́γγοιν toîn īlĭ́ngoin	ταῖς ῑ̓́λῐγξῐ / ῑ̓́λῐγξῐν taîs ī́lĭnxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῑ̓́λῐγγᾰ tḕn ī́lĭngă	τὼ ῑ̓́λῐγγε tṑ ī́lĭnge	τᾱ̀ς ῑ̓́λῐγγᾰς tā̀s ī́lĭngăs
Vocative	ἶλῐγξ îlĭnx	ῑ̓́λῐγγε ī́lĭnge	ῑ̓́λῐγγες ī́lĭnges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἰλιγγιάω (ilingiáō)
ἰλιγγιώδης (ilingiṓdēs)
ἴλιγγος (ílingos)

Descendants

→ English: ilinx

References

“ἶλιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἶλιγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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