λύγινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύγος (lúgos, “chaste tree”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.ɡi.nos/ → /ˈly.ʝi.nos/ → /ˈli.ʝi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lý.ɡi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ɡi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ʝi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ʝi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ʝi.nos/

Adjective

λύγῐνος • (lúgĭnos) m (feminine λῠγίνη, neuter λύγῐνον); first/second declension

1. of chaste tree

Inflection

First and second declension of λῠ́γῐνος; λῠγῐ́νη; λῠ́γῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λῠ́γῐνος lŭ́gĭnos	λῠγῐ́νη lŭgĭ́nē	λῠ́γῐνον lŭ́gĭnon		λῠγῐ́νω lŭgĭ́nō	λῠγῐ́νᾱ lŭgĭ́nā	λῠγῐ́νω lŭgĭ́nō		λῠ́γῐνοι lŭ́gĭnoi	λῠ́γῐναι lŭ́gĭnai	λῠ́γῐνᾰ lŭ́gĭnă
Genitive		λῠγῐ́νου lŭgĭ́nou	λῠγῐ́νης lŭgĭ́nēs	λῠγῐ́νου lŭgĭ́nou		λῠγῐ́νοιν lŭgĭ́noin	λῠγῐ́ναιν lŭgĭ́nain	λῠγῐ́νοιν lŭgĭ́noin		λῠγῐ́νων lŭgĭ́nōn	λῠγῐ́νων lŭgĭ́nōn	λῠγῐ́νων lŭgĭ́nōn
Dative		λῠγῐ́νῳ lŭgĭ́nōi	λῠγῐ́νῃ lŭgĭ́nēi	λῠγῐ́νῳ lŭgĭ́nōi		λῠγῐ́νοιν lŭgĭ́noin	λῠγῐ́ναιν lŭgĭ́nain	λῠγῐ́νοιν lŭgĭ́noin		λῠγῐ́νοις lŭgĭ́nois	λῠγῐ́ναις lŭgĭ́nais	λῠγῐ́νοις lŭgĭ́nois
Accusative		λῠ́γῐνον lŭ́gĭnon	λῠγῐ́νην lŭgĭ́nēn	λῠ́γῐνον lŭ́gĭnon		λῠγῐ́νω lŭgĭ́nō	λῠγῐ́νᾱ lŭgĭ́nā	λῠγῐ́νω lŭgĭ́nō		λῠγῐ́νους lŭgĭ́nous	λῠγῐ́νᾱς lŭgĭ́nās	λῠ́γῐνᾰ lŭ́gĭnă
Vocative		λῠ́γῐνε lŭ́gĭne	λῠγῐ́νη lŭgĭ́nē	λῠ́γῐνον lŭ́gĭnon		λῠγῐ́νω lŭgĭ́nō	λῠγῐ́νᾱ lŭgĭ́nā	λῠγῐ́νω lŭgĭ́nō		λῠ́γῐνοι lŭ́gĭnoi	λῠ́γῐναι lŭ́gĭnai	λῠ́γῐνᾰ lŭ́gĭnă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λῠγῐ́νως lŭgĭ́nōs				λῠγῐνώτερος lŭgĭnṓteros				λῠγῐνώτᾰτος lŭgĭnṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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