λύκαψος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λυκαψίς (lukapsís), λύκοψος (lúkopsos)

Etymology

The formation is similar to χορδαψός (khordapsós), σκινδαψός (skindapsós) and γαληψός (galēpsós), so it is probably a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.kap.sos/ → /ˈly.kap.sos/ → /ˈli.kap.sos/

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

Noun

λύκαψος • (lúkapsos) m (genitive λῠκάψου); second declension

1. viper's herb (Echium italicum)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λύκαψος; τοῦ λυκάψου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λύκαψος ho lúkapsos	τὼ λυκάψω tṑ lukápsō	οἱ λύκαψοι hoi lúkapsoi
Genitive	τοῦ λυκάψου toû lukápsou	τοῖν λυκάψοιν toîn lukápsoin	τῶν λυκάψων tôn lukápsōn
Dative	τῷ λυκάψῳ tôi lukápsōi	τοῖν λυκάψοιν toîn lukápsoin	τοῖς λυκάψοις toîs lukápsois
Accusative	τὸν λύκαψον tòn lúkapson	τὼ λυκάψω tṑ lukápsō	τοὺς λυκάψους toùs lukápsous
Vocative	λύκαψε lúkapse	λυκάψω lukápsō	λύκαψοι lúkapsoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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