λυκοσκυτάλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) +‎ σκυτάλιον (skutálion, “little staff, baton”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.kos.ky.tá.li.on/ → /ly.kos.cyˈta.li.on/ → /li.kos.ciˈta.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.kos.ky.tá.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ly.kos.kyˈta.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ly.kos.cyˈta.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ly.kos.cyˈta.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.kos.ciˈta.li.on/

Noun

λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον • (lŭkoskŭtắlĭon) n (genitive λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

1. white mignonette (Reseda alba)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον tò lŭkoskŭtắlĭon	τὼ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ω tṑ lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ tằ lŭkoskŭtắlĭă
Genitive	τοῦ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ου toû lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ou	τοῖν λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́οιν toîn lŭkoskŭtălĭ́oin	τῶν λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ων tôn lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ῳ tôi lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ōi	τοῖν λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́οιν toîn lŭkoskŭtălĭ́oin	τοῖς λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́οις toîs lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον tò lŭkoskŭtắlĭon	τὼ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ω tṑ lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ tằ lŭkoskŭtắlĭă
Vocative	λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον lŭkoskŭtắlĭon	λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ω lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ō	λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ lŭkoskŭtắlĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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