ἠλύγη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἦλῠξ (êlŭx)

Etymology

According to Beekes, to this word belongs the poetic adjective λῡγαῖος (lūgaîos, “dark”), which differs in anlaut; an explanation remains to be found. Furnée assumes a prothetic vowel, for which there is little or no evidence. Nevertheless, the co-occurrence of λῡγαῖος (lūgaîos) and ἠλυγαῖος (ēlugaîos) is remarkable. The word might be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.lý.ɡɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈly.ɡe̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈly.ʝi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈly.ʝi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈli.ʝi/

Noun

ἠλῠ́γη • (ēlŭ́gē) f (genitive ἠλῠ́γης); first declension

shadow, darkness, gloom

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἠλῠ́γη; τῆς ἠλῠ́γης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἠλῠ́γη hē ēlŭ́gē	τὼ ἠλῠ́γᾱ tṑ ēlŭ́gā	αἱ ἠλῠ́γαι hai ēlŭ́gai
Genitive	τῆς ἠλῠ́γης tês ēlŭ́gēs	τοῖν ἠλῠ́γαιν toîn ēlŭ́gain	τῶν ἠλῠγῶν tôn ēlŭgôn
Dative	τῇ ἠλῠ́γῃ têi ēlŭ́gēi	τοῖν ἠλῠ́γαιν toîn ēlŭ́gain	ταῖς ἠλῠ́γαις taîs ēlŭ́gais
Accusative	τὴν ἠλῠ́γην tḕn ēlŭ́gēn	τὼ ἠλῠ́γᾱ tṑ ēlŭ́gā	τᾱ̀ς ἠλῠ́γᾱς tā̀s ēlŭ́gās
Vocative	ἠλῠ́γη ēlŭ́gē	ἠλῠ́γᾱ ēlŭ́gā	ἠλῠ́γαι ēlŭ́gai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἠλῠγᾰ́ζω (ēlŭgắzō)
ἠλῠγαῖος (ēlŭgaîos)
ἠλῠγῐ́ζω (ēlŭgĭ́zō)

“ἠλύγη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἠλύγη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἠλύγη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἠλύγη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517