ἐλλύχνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ἐλλύχνιος (ellúkhnios, “produced for lamp-wicks”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /el.lý.kʰni.on/ → /elˈly.xni.on/ → /eˈli.xni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /el.lý.kʰni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /elˈly.kʰni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /elˈly.xni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /elˈly.xni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈli.xni.on/

Noun

ἐλλῠ́χνῐον • (ellŭ́khnĭon) n (genitive ἐλλῠχνῐ́ου); second declension

1. lamp-wick, wick

   Synonym: θρυαλλίς (thruallís)

2. (medicine) surgical bandage
3. lampwick plant (Phlomis lychnitis)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐλλῠ́χνῐον; τοῦ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐλλῠ́χνῐον tò ellŭ́khnĭon	τὼ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ω tṑ ellŭkhnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἐλλῠ́χνῐᾰ tằ ellŭ́khnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ου toû ellŭkhnĭ́ou	τοῖν ἐλλῠχνῐ́οιν toîn ellŭkhnĭ́oin	τῶν ἐλλῠχνῐ́ων tôn ellŭkhnĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ῳ tôi ellŭkhnĭ́ōi	τοῖν ἐλλῠχνῐ́οιν toîn ellŭkhnĭ́oin	τοῖς ἐλλῠχνῐ́οις toîs ellŭkhnĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ἐλλῠ́χνῐον tò ellŭ́khnĭon	τὼ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ω tṑ ellŭkhnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἐλλῠ́χνῐᾰ tằ ellŭ́khnĭă
Vocative	ἐλλῠ́χνῐον ellŭ́khnĭon	ἐλλῠχνῐ́ω ellŭkhnĭ́ō	ἐλλῠ́χνῐᾰ ellŭ́khnĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Ellychnia

Further reading

• “ἐλλύχνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐλλύχνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐλλύχνιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)