Λιγυστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Λῐ́γῠς (Lĭ́gŭs) +‎ -τῐκός (-tĭkós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.ɡys.ti.kós/ → /li.ʝys.tiˈkos/ → /li.ʝis.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.ɡys.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /li.ɡys.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.ʝys.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.ʝys.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.ʝis.tiˈkos/

Adjective

Λῐγῠστῐκός • (Lĭgŭstĭkós) m (feminine Λῐγῠστῐκή, neuter Λῐγῠστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Ligurian

   Synonyms: Λῐ́γῠστῐς f (Lĭ́gŭstĭs, feminine adjective), Λῐγῠστῖνος (Lĭgŭstînos)

   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 598
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 2.4.3:

     καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ εὖ λέγεται τὸ πλησίον τῆς Σαρδόνος τὴν λεχθεῖσαν κάθετον τελευτᾶν· οὐ γὰρ παραπλήσιον, ἀλλὰ πολὺ δυσμικώτερον εἶναι τὸ δίαρμα τοῦτο τῆς Σαρδόνος, ὅλον σχεδόν τι ἀπολαμβάνον ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ πρὸς τῷ Σαρδονίῳ τὸ Λιγυστικὸν πέλαγος· καὶ τῆς παραλίας δὲ τὰ μήκη πεπλεόνασται, πλὴν οὐκ ἐπὶ τοσοῦτόν γε.

     kaì toûto ouk eû légetai tò plēsíon tês Sardónos tḕn lekhtheîsan kátheton teleutân; ou gàr paraplḗsion, allà polù dusmikṓteron eînai tò díarma toûto tês Sardónos, hólon skhedón ti apolambánon en tôi metaxù pròs tôi Sardoníōi tò Ligustikòn pélagos; kaì tês paralías dè tà mḗkē pepleónastai, plḕn ouk epì tosoûtón ge.

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Declension

First and second declension of Λῐγῠστῐκός; Λῐγῠστῐκή; Λῐγῠστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		Λῐγῠστῐκός Lĭgŭstĭkós	Λῐγῠστῐκή Lĭgŭstĭkḗ	Λῐγῠστῐκόν Lĭgŭstĭkón		Λῐγῠστῐκώ Lĭgŭstĭkṓ	Λῐγῠστῐκᾱ́ Lĭgŭstĭkā́	Λῐγῠστῐκώ Lĭgŭstĭkṓ		Λῐγῠστῐκοί Lĭgŭstĭkoí	Λῐγῠστῐκαί Lĭgŭstĭkaí	Λῐγῠστῐκᾰ́ Lĭgŭstĭkắ
Genitive		Λῐγῠστῐκοῦ Lĭgŭstĭkoû	Λῐγῠστῐκῆς Lĭgŭstĭkês	Λῐγῠστῐκοῦ Lĭgŭstĭkoû		Λῐγῠστῐκοῖν Lĭgŭstĭkoîn	Λῐγῠστῐκαῖν Lĭgŭstĭkaîn	Λῐγῠστῐκοῖν Lĭgŭstĭkoîn		Λῐγῠστῐκῶν Lĭgŭstĭkôn	Λῐγῠστῐκῶν Lĭgŭstĭkôn	Λῐγῠστῐκῶν Lĭgŭstĭkôn
Dative		Λῐγῠστῐκῷ Lĭgŭstĭkôi	Λῐγῠστῐκῇ Lĭgŭstĭkêi	Λῐγῠστῐκῷ Lĭgŭstĭkôi		Λῐγῠστῐκοῖν Lĭgŭstĭkoîn	Λῐγῠστῐκαῖν Lĭgŭstĭkaîn	Λῐγῠστῐκοῖν Lĭgŭstĭkoîn		Λῐγῠστῐκοῖς Lĭgŭstĭkoîs	Λῐγῠστῐκαῖς Lĭgŭstĭkaîs	Λῐγῠστῐκοῖς Lĭgŭstĭkoîs
Accusative		Λῐγῠστῐκόν Lĭgŭstĭkón	Λῐγῠστῐκήν Lĭgŭstĭkḗn	Λῐγῠστῐκόν Lĭgŭstĭkón		Λῐγῠστῐκώ Lĭgŭstĭkṓ	Λῐγῠστῐκᾱ́ Lĭgŭstĭkā́	Λῐγῠστῐκώ Lĭgŭstĭkṓ		Λῐγῠστῐκούς Lĭgŭstĭkoús	Λῐγῠστῐκᾱ́ς Lĭgŭstĭkā́s	Λῐγῠστῐκᾰ́ Lĭgŭstĭkắ
Vocative		Λῐγῠστῐκέ Lĭgŭstĭké	Λῐγῠστῐκή Lĭgŭstĭkḗ	Λῐγῠστῐκόν Lĭgŭstĭkón		Λῐγῠστῐκώ Lĭgŭstĭkṓ	Λῐγῠστῐκᾱ́ Lĭgŭstĭkā́	Λῐγῠστῐκώ Lĭgŭstĭkṓ		Λῐγῠστῐκοί Lĭgŭstĭkoí	Λῐγῠστῐκαί Lĭgŭstĭkaí	Λῐγῠστῐκᾰ́ Lĭgŭstĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		Λῐγῠστῐκῶς Lĭgŭstĭkôs				Λῐγῠστῐκώτερος Lĭgŭstĭkṓteros				Λῐγῠστῐκώτᾰτος Lĭgŭstĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λῐγῠστῐκή (Lĭgŭstĭkḗ)
• λῐγῠστῐκόν (lĭgŭstĭkón)

Descendants

• → Latin: Ligusticus

Further reading

• “Λῐγυστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λῐγυστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015