λέκιθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Pre-Greek origin, based on the suffix and semantic category.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lé.ki.tʰos/ → /ˈle.ci.θos/ → /ˈle.ci.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lé.ki.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ki.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ci.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ci.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ci.θos/

Noun

λέκῐθος • (lékĭthos) m or f (genitive λεκῐ́θου); second declension

1. (masculine) gruel of pulse or cereals
2. (feminine) yolk of an egg

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ λέκῐθος; τοῦ, τῆς λεκῐ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ λέκῐθος ho, hē lékĭthos	τὼ λεκῐ́θω tṑ lekĭ́thō	οἱ, αἱ λέκῐθοι hoi, hai lékĭthoi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς λεκῐ́θου toû, tês lekĭ́thou	τοῖν λεκῐ́θοιν toîn lekĭ́thoin	τῶν λεκῐ́θων tôn lekĭ́thōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ λεκῐ́θῳ tôi, têi lekĭ́thōi	τοῖν λεκῐ́θοιν toîn lekĭ́thoin	τοῖς, ταῖς λεκῐ́θοις toîs, taîs lekĭ́thois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν λέκῐθον tòn, tḕn lékĭthon	τὼ λεκῐ́θω tṑ lekĭ́thō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς λεκῐ́θους toùs, tā̀s lekĭ́thous
Vocative	λέκῐθε lékĭthe	λεκῐ́θω lekĭ́thō	λέκῐθοι lékĭthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λεκῐ́θῐον (lekĭ́thĭon)
• λεκῐθῑ́της (lekĭthī́tēs)
• λεκῐθοειδής (lekĭthoeidḗs)
• λεκῐθοπώλης (lekĭthopṓlēs)
• λεκῐθώδης (lekĭthṓdēs)

Descendants

• →⇒ French: lécithine (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “λέκιθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λέκιθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λέκιθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λέκιθος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011