λύκαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aină).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.kai̯.na/ → /ˈly.cɛ.na/ → /ˈli.ce.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lý.kai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.kɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.cɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ce.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ce.na/

Noun

λῠ́καινᾰ • (lŭ́kaină) f (genitive λῠκαίνης); first declension

1. she-wolf

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λῠ́καινᾰ; τῆς λῠκαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῠ́καινᾰ hē lŭ́kaină	τὼ λῠκαίνᾱ tṑ lŭkaínā	αἱ λῠ́καιναι hai lŭ́kainai
Genitive	τῆς λῠκαίνης tês lŭkaínēs	τοῖν λῠκαίναιν toîn lŭkaínain	τῶν λῠκαινῶν tôn lŭkainôn
Dative	τῇ λῠκαίνῃ têi lŭkaínēi	τοῖν λῠκαίναιν toîn lŭkaínain	ταῖς λῠκαίναις taîs lŭkaínais
Accusative	τὴν λῠ́καινᾰν tḕn lŭ́kainăn	τὼ λῠκαίνᾱ tṑ lŭkaínā	τᾱ̀ς λῠκαίνᾱς tā̀s lŭkaínās
Vocative	λῠ́καινᾰ lŭ́kaină	λῠκαίνᾱ lŭkaínā	λῠ́καιναι lŭ́kainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λυκαίνιον (lukaínion)

Descendants

• Greek: λύκαινα (lýkaina)
  • → Translingual: Lycaena

References

• “λύκαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λύκαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λύκαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

λύκος (lýkos, “wolf”) +‎ -αινα (-aina, “feminising”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlice̞na]
• Hyphenation: λύ‧και‧να

Noun

λύκαινα • (lýkaina) f (plural λύκαινες, masculine λύκος)

1. she-wolf

Declension

Declension of λύκαινα

	singular	plural
nominative	λύκαινα (lýkaina)	λύκαινες (lýkaines)
genitive	λύκαινας (lýkainas)	λυκαινών (lykainón)
accusative	λύκαινα (lýkaina)	λύκαινες (lýkaines)
vocative	λύκαινα (lýkaina)	λύκαινες (lýkaines)