λύγδη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, perhaps from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of the cluster -γδ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈlyɣ.ði/ → /ˈliɣ.ði/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlyɣ.ði/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlyɣ.ði/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈliɣ.ði/

Noun

λύγδη • (lúgdē)

1. (hapax) white poplar (Populus alba)

   Synonym: λεύκη (leúkē)

   • 5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Λ:

     λύγδη· τὸ δένδρον, ἡ λεύκη.

     lúgdē; tò déndron, hē leúkē.

     lúgdē: a tree, the white poplar.

Declension

First declension of ἡ λύγδη; τῆς λύγδης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λύγδη hē lúgdē	αἱ λύγδαι hai lúgdai
Genitive	τῆς λύγδης tês lúgdēs	τῶν λυγδῶν tôn lugdôn
Dative	τῇ λύγδῃ têi lúgdēi	ταῖς λύγδαις taîs lúgdais
Accusative	τὴν λύγδην tḕn lúgdēn	τᾱ̀ς λύγδᾱς tā̀s lúgdās
Vocative	λύγδη lúgdē	λύγδαι lúgdai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λύγδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “λύγδη”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: λ