πυγολαμπίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πῠρολᾰμπῐ́ς (pŭrolămpĭ́s)

Etymology

From πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump, buttocks”) +‎ λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine, gleam”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyː.ɡo.lam.pís/ → /py.ɣo.lamˈpis/ → /pi.ɣo.lamˈbis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyː.ɡo.lam.pís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /py.ɡo.lamˈpis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /py.ɣo.lamˈpis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /py.ɣo.lamˈpis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.ɣo.lamˈbis/

Noun

πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς • (pūgolămpĭ́s) f (genitive πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δος); third declension

1. glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)

   Synonym: λᾰμπῠρῐ́ς (lămpŭrĭ́s)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς; τῆς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς hē pūgolămpĭ́s	τὼ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δε tṑ pūgolămpĭ́de	αἱ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δες hai pūgolămpĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δος tês pūgolămpĭ́dos	τοῖν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δοιν toîn pūgolămpĭ́doin	τῶν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δων tôn pūgolămpĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δῐ têi pūgolămpĭ́dĭ	τοῖν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δοιν toîn pūgolămpĭ́doin	ταῖς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́σῐ / πῡγολᾰμπῐ́σῐν taîs pūgolămpĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δᾰ tḕn pūgolămpĭ́dă	τὼ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δε tṑ pūgolămpĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δᾰς tā̀s pūgolămpĭ́dăs
Vocative	πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς pūgolămpĭ́s	πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δε pūgolămpĭ́de	πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δες pūgolămpĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

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