λυχνοῦχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, “to bear, carry, bring”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.kʰnûː.kʰos/ → /lyˈxnu.xos/ → /liˈxnu.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.kʰnûː.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈkʰnu.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈxnu.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈxnu.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈxnu.xos/

Noun

λῠχνοῦχος • (lukhnoûkhos) m (genitive λῠχνούχου); second declension

1. lampstand

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λῠχνοῦχος; τοῦ λῠχνούχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῠχνοῦχος ho lukhnoûkhos	τὼ λῠχνούχω tṑ lukhnoúkhō	οἱ λῠχνοῦχοι hoi lukhnoûkhoi
Genitive	τοῦ λῠχνούχου toû lukhnoúkhou	τοῖν λῠχνούχοιν toîn lukhnoúkhoin	τῶν λῠχνούχων tôn lukhnoúkhōn
Dative	τῷ λῠχνούχῳ tôi lukhnoúkhōi	τοῖν λῠχνούχοιν toîn lukhnoúkhoin	τοῖς λῠχνούχοις toîs lukhnoúkhois
Accusative	τὸν λῠχνοῦχον tòn lukhnoûkhon	τὼ λῠχνούχω tṑ lukhnoúkhō	τοὺς λῠχνούχους toùs lukhnoúkhous
Vocative	λῠχνοῦχε lukhnoûkhe	λῠχνούχω lukhnoúkhō	λῠχνοῦχοι lukhnoûkhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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