ὠλίγγη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὠλιγγία (ōlingía), ὦλιγξ (ôlinx)

Etymology

Without a convincing etymology. Not related to Sanskrit आली (ālī, “stripe, line”). According to Beekes, clearly of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the nasalized suffix. The connection with αὖλαξ (aûlax, “furrow”) is certainly wrong.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔː.líŋ.ɡɛː/ → /oˈliɲ.ɟi/ → /oˈliɲ.ɟi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔː.líŋ.ɡɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈliŋ.ɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈliɲ.ɟi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈliɲ.ɟi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈliɲ.ɟi/

Noun

ὠλῐ́γγη • (ōlĭ́ngē) f (genitive ὠλῐ́γγης); first declension

1. doze, short nap, short sleep
2. wrinkles beside the eyes, crow's feet

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὠλῐ́γγη; τῆς ὠλῐ́γγης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὠλῐ́γγη hē ōlĭ́ngē	τὼ ὠλῐ́γγᾱ tṑ ōlĭ́ngā	αἱ ὠλῐ́γγαι hai ōlĭ́ngai
Genitive	τῆς ὠλῐ́γγης tês ōlĭ́ngēs	τοῖν ὠλῐ́γγαιν toîn ōlĭ́ngain	τῶν ὠλῐγγῶν tôn ōlĭngôn
Dative	τῇ ὠλῐ́γγῃ têi ōlĭ́ngēi	τοῖν ὠλῐ́γγαιν toîn ōlĭ́ngain	ταῖς ὠλῐ́γγαις taîs ōlĭ́ngais
Accusative	τὴν ὠλῐ́γγην tḕn ōlĭ́ngēn	τὼ ὠλῐ́γγᾱ tṑ ōlĭ́ngā	τᾱ̀ς ὠλῐ́γγᾱς tā̀s ōlĭ́ngās
Vocative	ὠλῐ́γγη ōlĭ́ngē	ὠλῐ́γγᾱ ōlĭ́ngā	ὠλῐ́γγαι ōlĭ́ngai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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