ἐλλύχνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neutral 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 • (ellúkhnion) 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 ellúkhnion	τὼ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ω tṑ ellukhníō	τᾰ̀ ἐλλῠ́χνῐᾰ tà ellúkhnia
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ου toû ellukhníou	τοῖν ἐλλῠχνῐ́οιν toîn ellukhníoin	τῶν ἐλλῠχνῐ́ων tôn ellukhníōn
Dative	τῷ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ῳ tôi ellukhníōi	τοῖν ἐλλῠχνῐ́οιν toîn ellukhníoin	τοῖς ἐλλῠχνῐ́οις toîs ellukhníois
Accusative	τὸ ἐλλῠ́χνῐον tò ellúkhnion	τὼ ἐλλῠχνῐ́ω tṑ ellukhníō	τᾰ̀ ἐλλῠ́χνῐᾰ tà ellúkhnia
Vocative	ἐλλῠ́χνῐον ellúkhnion	ἐλλῠχνῐ́ω ellukhníō	ἐλλῠ́χνῐᾰ ellúkhnia
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 (2006–2024)