λαγκία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lancea (“spear”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laŋ.kí.aː/ → /laɲˈɟi.a/ → /laɲˈɟi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laŋ.kí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laŋˈki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laɲˈɟi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laɲˈɟi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laɲˈɟi.a/

Noun

λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ • (lănkĭ́ā) f (genitive λᾰγκῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. light spear, lance

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ; τῆς λᾰγκῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ hē lănkĭ́ā	τὼ λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ tṑ lănkĭ́ā	αἱ λᾰγκῐ́αι hai lănkĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς λᾰγκῐ́ᾱς tês lănkĭ́ās	τοῖν λᾰγκῐ́αιν toîn lănkĭ́ain	τῶν λᾰγκῐῶν tôn lănkĭôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰγκῐ́ᾳ têi lănkĭ́āi	τοῖν λᾰγκῐ́αιν toîn lănkĭ́ain	ταῖς λᾰγκῐ́αις taîs lănkĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν λᾰγκῐ́ᾱν tḕn lănkĭ́ān	τὼ λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ tṑ lănkĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς λᾰγκῐ́ᾱς tā̀s lănkĭ́ās
Vocative	λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ lănkĭ́ā	λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ lănkĭ́ā	λᾰγκῐ́αι lănkĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λαγκία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λαγκία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette