σπῆλυγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπέος (spéos, “cave, cavern”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spɛ̂ː.lyŋks/ → /ˈspi.lyŋks/ → /ˈspi.liŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spɛ̂ː.lyŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspe̝.lyŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.lyŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.lyŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.liŋks/

Noun

σπῆλῠγξ • (spêlŭnx) f (genitive σπήλῠγγος); third declension

1. cave

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σπῆλῠγξ; τῆς σπήλῠγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπῆλῠγξ hē spêlŭnx	τὼ σπήλῠγγε tṑ spḗlŭnge	αἱ σπήλῠγγες hai spḗlŭnges
Genitive	τῆς σπήλῠγγος tês spḗlŭngos	τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν toîn spēlŭ́ngoin	τῶν σπηλῠ́γγων tôn spēlŭ́ngōn
Dative	τῇ σπήλῠγγῐ têi spḗlŭngĭ	τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν toîn spēlŭ́ngoin	ταῖς σπήλῠγξῐ / σπήλῠγξῐν taîs spḗlŭnxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σπήλῠγγᾰ tḕn spḗlŭngă	τὼ σπήλῠγγε tṑ spḗlŭnge	τᾱ̀ς σπήλῠγγᾰς tā̀s spḗlŭngăs
Vocative	σπῆλῠγξ spêlŭnx	σπήλῠγγε spḗlŭnge	σπήλῠγγες spḗlŭnges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• σπήλαιον (spḗlaion)

Descendants

• Latin: spēlunca

Further reading

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