Λύκτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lýk.tos/ → /ˈlyk.tos/ → /ˈlik.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lýk.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlyk.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlyk.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlyk.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.tos/

Proper noun

Λύκτος • (Lúktos) f (genitive Λύκτου); second declension

1. Lyctus, Crete, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Λῠ́κτος; τῆς Λῠ́κτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λῠ́κτος hē Lŭ́ktos
Genitive	τῆς Λῠ́κτου tês Lŭ́ktou
Dative	τῇ Λῠ́κτῳ têi Lŭ́ktōi
Accusative	τὴν Λῠ́κτον tḕn Lŭ́kton
Vocative	Λῠ́κτε Lŭ́kte
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λύκτιος (Lúktios)

Descendants

• Latin: Lyctus
  • Translingual: Lyctus

References

• Λύκτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Λύκτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers