ἀλάλυγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

One suggests contamination form of λύγξ (lúnx, “hiccup”) and another word, like ἀλύω (alúō, “to be deeply stirred, excited”) or ἀλάομαι (aláomai, “to wander, roam”); this is not very convincing. According to Beekes, it is rather a primary onomatopoeic formation, with the Pre-Greek suffix -υγγ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lá.lyŋks/ → /aˈla.lyŋks/ → /aˈla.liŋks/

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

Noun

ἀλᾰ́λῠγξ • (alálunx) m (genitive ἀλᾰ́λῠγγος); third declension

1. gulping, choking

   Synonym: λῠγμός (lugmós)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἀλᾰ́λῠγξ; τοῦ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀλᾰ́λῠγξ ho alálunx	τὼ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγε tṑ alálunge	οἱ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγες hoi alálunges
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγος toû alálungos	τοῖν ἀλᾰλῠ́γγοιν toîn alalúngoin	τῶν ἀλᾰλῠ́γγων tôn alalúngōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγῐ tôi alálungi	τοῖν ἀλᾰλῠ́γγοιν toîn alalúngoin	τοῖς ἀλᾰ́λῠγξῐ / ἀλᾰ́λῠγξῐν toîs alálunxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀλᾰ́λῠγγᾰ tòn alálunga	τὼ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγε tṑ alálunge	τοὺς ἀλᾰ́λῠγγᾰς toùs alálungas
Vocative	ἀλᾰ́λῠγξ alálunx	ἀλᾰ́λῠγγε alálunge	ἀλᾰ́λῠγγες alálunges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀλάλυγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλάλυγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλάλυγξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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