λογχῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λόγχη (lónkhē, “lance, spear”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /loŋ.kʰîː.tis/ → /loɲˈçi.tis/ → /loɲˈçi.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /loŋ.kʰîː.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /loŋˈkʰi.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /loɲˈçi.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /loɲˈçi.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /loɲˈçi.tis/

Noun

λογχῖτῐς • (lonkhîtis) f (genitive λογχῑ́τῐδος); third declension

1. tongue orchid (Serapias lingua)
2. holly fern (Polystichum lonchitis)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λογχῖτῐς; τῆς λογχῑ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λογχῖτῐς hē lonkhîtis	τὼ λογχῑ́τῐδε tṑ lonkhī́tide	αἱ λογχῑ́τῐδες hai lonkhī́tides
Genitive	τῆς λογχῑ́τῐδος tês lonkhī́tidos	τοῖν λογχῑτῐ́δοιν toîn lonkhītídoin	τῶν λογχῑτῐ́δων tôn lonkhītídōn
Dative	τῇ λογχῑ́τῐδῐ têi lonkhī́tidi	τοῖν λογχῑτῐ́δοιν toîn lonkhītídoin	ταῖς λογχῑ́τῐσῐ / λογχῑ́τῐσῐν taîs lonkhī́tisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λογχῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn lonkhī́tida	τὼ λογχῑ́τῐδε tṑ lonkhī́tide	τᾱ̀ς λογχῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s lonkhī́tidas
Vocative	λογχῖτῐς lonkhîtis	λογχῑ́τῐδε lonkhī́tide	λογχῑ́τῐδες lonkhī́tides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Lonchitis

References

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