λυκόσκορδον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) +‎ σκόρδον (skórdon, “garlic”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.kós.kor.don/ → /lyˈkos.kor.ðon/ → /liˈkos.kor.ðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.kós.kor.don/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈkos.kor.don/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈkos.kor.ðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈkos.kor.ðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈkos.kor.ðon/

Noun

λῠκόσκορδον • (lŭkóskordon) n (genitive λῠκοσκόρδου); second declension

1. wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum)

   Synonyms: ἀμᾰκρῶτῐς (amăkrôtĭs), ἀμπελόπρᾰσον (ampelóprăson)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῠκόσκορδον; τοῦ λῠκοσκόρδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῠκόσκορδον tò lŭkóskordon	τὼ λῠκοσκόρδω tṑ lŭkoskórdō	τᾰ̀ λῠκόσκορδᾰ tằ lŭkóskordă
Genitive	τοῦ λῠκοσκόρδου toû lŭkoskórdou	τοῖν λῠκοσκόρδοιν toîn lŭkoskórdoin	τῶν λῠκοσκόρδων tôn lŭkoskórdōn
Dative	τῷ λῠκοσκόρδῳ tôi lŭkoskórdōi	τοῖν λῠκοσκόρδοιν toîn lŭkoskórdoin	τοῖς λῠκοσκόρδοις toîs lŭkoskórdois
Accusative	τὸ λῠκόσκορδον tò lŭkóskordon	τὼ λῠκοσκόρδω tṑ lŭkoskórdō	τᾰ̀ λῠκόσκορδᾰ tằ lŭkóskordă
Vocative	λῠκόσκορδον lŭkóskordon	λῠκοσκόρδω lŭkoskórdō	λῠκόσκορδᾰ lŭkóskordă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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