λέσχη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λέσχα (léskha) — Doric

Etymology

Most plausibly from *λέχ-σκᾱ with metathesis of ⟨σ⟩.
For stem λεχ- see λέχομαι (lékhomai, “lie down”) / λέχω (lékhō) & λέχος n (lékhos, “bed”). Cognates: with stem λοχ- λόχος (lókhos), with λεκτ-: λέκτρον n (léktron, “bed, couch”), Latin lectus.

However there is no proof for the connection to λέχος (lékhos, “bed”) or λέχομαι (lékhomai, “to recline”). Long ago, the agreement with Hebrew לִשְׁכָּה (lišḵá) was observed. The Hebrew is surely a foreign word considering the variation with נִשְׁכָּה (nišḵá) and the lack of Semitic cognates, but it is obscure if the Hebrew word is from Greek or the word in both languages is carried over from an unknown language via viniculture in an original meaning of pub, triclinium, making the provenience as obscure as that of Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lés.kʰɛː/ → /ˈles.çi/ → /ˈles.çi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lés.kʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈles.kʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈles.çi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈles.çi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈles.çi/

Noun

λέσχη • (léskhē) f (genitive λέσχης); first declension

1. couch, hence funeral bier, tomb
2. lounging place, resort of idlers and beggars
3. public building or hall used as a lounge or meeting place
4. talk or gossip

   and see: λεσχηνεύω (leskhēneúō)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λέσχη; τῆς λέσχης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λέσχη hē léskhē	τὼ λέσχᾱ tṑ léskhā	αἱ λέσχαι hai léskhai
Genitive	τῆς λέσχης tês léskhēs	τοῖν λέσχαιν toîn léskhain	τῶν λεσχῶν tôn leskhôn
Dative	τῇ λέσχῃ têi léskhēi	τοῖν λέσχαιν toîn léskhain	ταῖς λέσχαις taîs léskhais
Accusative	τὴν λέσχην tḕn léskhēn	τὼ λέσχᾱ tṑ léskhā	τᾱ̀ς λέσχᾱς tā̀s léskhās
Vocative	λέσχη léskhē	λέσχᾱ léskhā	λέσχαι léskhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀδολεσχης (adoleskhēs)
• ἔλλεσχος (élleskhos)
• λεσχάζω (leskházō)
• λεσχαίνω (leskhaínō)
• λεσχαῖος (leskhaîos)
• λεσχάραι (leskhárai)
• λέσχημα (léskhēma)
• λεσχημονεύομαι (leskhēmoneúomai)
• λεσχήν (leskhḗn)
• λεσχηνεία (leskhēneía)
• λεσχηνευτής (leskhēneutḗs)
• λεσχηνεύω (leskhēneúō)
• λεσχηνίτης (leskhēnítēs)
• λεσχηνόριος (leskhēnórios)
• λεσχηνώτης (leskhēnṓtēs)
• λεσχολογία (leskhología)
• λεσχώδης (leskhṓdēs)
• πρόλεσχος (próleskhos)

 

Descendants

• → Greek: λέσχη (léschi) (learned)

Further reading

• “λέσχη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “λέσχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λέσχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λέσχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέσχη (léskhē) in sense "public building as meeting place". Cognate words with stems λεχ-, λοχ-: see: λεχώνα (lechóna), λοχεία (locheía), λόχος (lóchos), and λόχμη (lóchmi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.sçi/
• Hyphenation: λέ‧σχη

Noun

λέσχη • (léschi) f (plural λέσχες)

1. club (association of members)

   φοιτητική λέσχη ― foititikí léschi ― (university)-students' club

   Παρακολουθώ στην τηλεόραση τη «Λέσχη του βιβλίου».

   Parakolouthó stin tileórasi ti «Léschi tou vivlíou».

   I watch on TV [the programme] "Book Club".[1]

2. gambling club

Declension

Declension of λέσχη

	singular	plural
nominative	λέσχη (léschi)	λέσχες (lésches)
genitive	λέσχης (léschis)	λεσχών (leschón)
accusative	λέσχη (léschi)	λέσχες (lésches)
vocative	λέσχη (léschi)	λέσχες (lésches)

Synonyms

• κλαμπ n (klamp)

Derived terms

• αερολέσχη f (aeroléschi, “flying club”)

Related terms

• αδολεσχία f (adoleschía, “idle talk, chattering”)