λίθινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λίθος (líthos, “stone”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lí.tʰi.nos/ → /ˈli.θi.nos/ → /ˈli.θi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lí.tʰi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tʰi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.θi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.θi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.θi.nos/

Adjective

λίθῐνος • (líthinos) m (feminine λῐθίνη, neuter λίθῐνον); first/second declension

1. of stone
   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 2:6:

     ἦσαν δὲ ἐκεῖ ὑδρίαι λίθιναι ἓξ κείμεναι, κατὰ τὸν καθαρισμὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων, χωροῦσαι ἀνὰ μετρητὰς δύο ἢ τρεῖς.

     êsan dè ekeî hudríai líthinai hèx keímenai, katà tòn katharismòn tôn Ioudaíōn, khōroûsai anà metrētàs dúo ḕ treîs.

     • Translation by KJV

       And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

   • 55 CE – 56 CE, Paul the Apostle, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 3:3:

     φανερούμενοι ὅτι ἐστὲ ἐπιστολὴ Χριστοῦ διακονηθεῖσα ὑφ’ ἡμῶν, ἐγγεγραμμένη οὐ μέλανι, ἀλλὰ Πνεύματι Θεοῦ ζῶντος, οὐκ ἐν πλαξὶ λιθίναις, ἀλλὰ ἐν πλαξὶ καρδίαις σαρκίναις.

     phaneroúmenoi hóti estè epistolḕ Khristoû diakonētheîsa huph’ hēmôn, engegramménē ou mélani, allà Pneúmati Theoû zôntos, ouk en plaxì lithínais, allà en plaxì kardíais sarkínais.

     • Translation by KJV

       Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

   • New Testament, Revelation 9:20:

     καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἳ οὐκ ἀπεκτάνθησαν ἐν ταῖς πληγαῖς ταύταις, οὐ μετενόησαν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν, ἵνα μὴ προσκυνήσωσι τὰ δαιμόνια καὶ τὰ εἴδωλα τὰ χρυσᾶ καὶ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ τὰ χαλκᾶ καὶ τὰ λίθινα καὶ τὰ ξύλινα, ἃ οὔτε βλέπειν δύναται οὔτε ἀκούειν οὔτε περιπατεῖν, […]

     kaì hoi loipoì tôn anthrṓpōn, hoì ouk apektánthēsan en taîs plēgaîs taútais, ou metenóēsan ek tôn érgōn tôn kheirôn autôn, hína mḕ proskunḗsōsi tà daimónia kaì tà eídōla tà khrusâ kaì tà argurâ kaì tà khalkâ kaì tà líthina kaì tà xúlina, hà oúte blépein dúnatai oúte akoúein oúte peripateîn, […]

     • Translation by KJV

       And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk, […]

Inflection

First and second declension of λῐ́θῐνος; λῐθῐ́νη; λῐ́θῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λῐ́θῐνος líthinos	λῐθῐ́νη lithínē	λῐ́θῐνον líthinon		λῐθῐ́νω lithínō	λῐθῐ́νᾱ lithínā	λῐθῐ́νω lithínō		λῐ́θῐνοι líthinoi	λῐ́θῐναι líthinai	λῐ́θῐνᾰ líthina
Genitive		λῐθῐ́νου lithínou	λῐθῐ́νης lithínēs	λῐθῐ́νου lithínou		λῐθῐ́νοιν lithínoin	λῐθῐ́ναιν lithínain	λῐθῐ́νοιν lithínoin		λῐθῐ́νων lithínōn	λῐθῐ́νων lithínōn	λῐθῐ́νων lithínōn
Dative		λῐθῐ́νῳ lithínōi	λῐθῐ́νῃ lithínēi	λῐθῐ́νῳ lithínōi		λῐθῐ́νοιν lithínoin	λῐθῐ́ναιν lithínain	λῐθῐ́νοιν lithínoin		λῐθῐ́νοις lithínois	λῐθῐ́ναις lithínais	λῐθῐ́νοις lithínois
Accusative		λῐ́θῐνον líthinon	λῐθῐ́νην lithínēn	λῐ́θῐνον líthinon		λῐθῐ́νω lithínō	λῐθῐ́νᾱ lithínā	λῐθῐ́νω lithínō		λῐθῐ́νους lithínous	λῐθῐ́νᾱς lithínās	λῐ́θῐνᾰ líthina
Vocative		λῐ́θῐνε líthine	λῐθῐ́νη lithínē	λῐ́θῐνον líthinon		λῐθῐ́νω lithínō	λῐθῐ́νᾱ lithínā	λῐθῐ́νω lithínō		λῐ́θῐνοι líthinoi	λῐ́θῐναι líthinai	λῐ́θῐνᾰ líthina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λῐθῐ́νως lithínōs				λῐθῐνώτερος lithinṓteros				λῐθῐνώτᾰτος lithinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• λιθωτός (lithōtós)

Further reading

• “λίθινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λίθινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λίθινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λίθινος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3035 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • rock idem, page 719.
  • stone idem, page 819.
• “λίθινος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Adjective

λίθινος • (líthinos) m (feminine λίθινη, neuter λίθινο)

1. stone, of stone

   Λίθινη Εποχή ― Líthini Epochí ― Stone Age

Declension

Declension of λίθινος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	λίθινος (líthinos)	λίθινη (líthini)	λίθινο (líthino)		λίθινοι (líthinoi)	λίθινες (líthines)	λίθινα (líthina)
genitive	λίθινου (líthinou)	λίθινης (líthinis)	λίθινου (líthinou)		λίθινων (líthinon)	λίθινων (líthinon)	λίθινων (líthinon)
accusative	λίθινο (líthino)	λίθινη (líthini)	λίθινο (líthino)		λίθινους (líthinous)	λίθινες (líthines)	λίθινα (líthina)
vocative	λίθινε (líthine)	λίθινη (líthini)	λίθινο (líthino)		λίθινοι (líthinoi)	λίθινες (líthines)	λίθινα (líthina)