λαυκανίη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λευκανίη (leukaníē)

Etymology

Formation like ἀρτηρία (artēría), from an unattested *λαυκάνη (*laukánē). An aspirated by-form appears in λαυχάνη (laukhánē, “tongue; language”). Since there are no certain correspondences (Lithuanian liaukà (“gland”) has been proposed, but does not convince), and as there is a variant with -χ-, Pre-Greek origin is almost certain. The form in λευκ- may be folk-etymological after λευκός (leukós, “white”), but may also be due to substrate origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lau̯.ka.ní.ɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laʍ.kaˈni.e̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laɸ.kaˈni.i/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laf.kaˈni.i/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laf.kaˈni.i/

Noun

λαυκᾰνῐ́η • (laukănĭ́ē) f (genitive λαυκᾰνῐ́ης); first declension

(anatomy) throat

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λαυκᾰνῐ́η; τῆς λαυκᾰνῐ́ης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λαυκᾰνῐ́η hē laukănĭ́ē	τὼ λαυκᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ laukănĭ́ā	αἱ λαυκᾰνῐ́αι hai laukănĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς λαυκᾰνῐ́ης tês laukănĭ́ēs	τοῖν λαυκᾰνῐ́αιν toîn laukănĭ́ain	τῶν λαυκᾰνῐῶν tôn laukănĭôn
Dative	τῇ λαυκᾰνῐ́ῃ têi laukănĭ́ēi	τοῖν λαυκᾰνῐ́αιν toîn laukănĭ́ain	ταῖς λαυκᾰνῐ́αις taîs laukănĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν λαυκᾰνῐ́ην tḕn laukănĭ́ēn	τὼ λαυκᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ laukănĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς λαυκᾰνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s laukănĭ́ās
Vocative	λαυκᾰνῐ́η laukănĭ́ē	λαυκᾰνῐ́ᾱ laukănĭ́ā	λαυκᾰνῐ́αι laukănĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“λαυκανίη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
λαυκανίη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN