λωγάνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g- (“weak, faint”), the same root of λαγαίω (lagaíō, “to release”) and λαγαρός (lagarós, “slack, loose”); intermediate forms, such as *λώγανον (*lṓganon), *λώγη (*lṓgē), cannot be determined, however.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɔː.ɡá.ni.on/ → /loˈɣa.ni.on/ → /loˈɣa.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɔː.ɡá.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /loˈɡa.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /loˈɣa.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /loˈɣa.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /loˈɣa.ni.on/

Noun

λωγᾰ́νῐον • (lōgánion) n (genitive λωγᾰνῐ́ου); second declension

1. dewlap of oxen

   Synonym: γᾰγγῑ́λη (gangī́lē)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λωγᾰ́νῐον; τοῦ λωγᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λωγᾰ́νῐον tò lōgánion	τὼ λωγᾰνῐ́ω tṑ lōganíō	τᾰ̀ λωγᾰ́νῐᾰ tà lōgánia
Genitive	τοῦ λωγᾰνῐ́ου toû lōganíou	τοῖν λωγᾰνῐ́οιν toîn lōganíoin	τῶν λωγᾰνῐ́ων tôn lōganíōn
Dative	τῷ λωγᾰνῐ́ῳ tôi lōganíōi	τοῖν λωγᾰνῐ́οιν toîn lōganíoin	τοῖς λωγᾰνῐ́οις toîs lōganíois
Accusative	τὸ λωγᾰ́νῐον tò lōgánion	τὼ λωγᾰνῐ́ω tṑ lōganíō	τᾰ̀ λωγᾰ́νῐᾰ tà lōgánia
Vocative	λωγᾰ́νῐον lōgánion	λωγᾰνῐ́ω lōganíō	λωγᾰ́νῐᾰ lōgánia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λωγάνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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