λυχνίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • λύχνις (lúkhnis)

Etymology

From λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

λῠχνῐ́ς • (lukhnís) f (genitive λῠχνῐ́δος); third declension

  1. rose campion (Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria)
    Synonym: βάλαρις (bálaris)
  2. precious stone that emits light, perhaps ruby

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ λῠχνῐ́ς; τῆς λῠχνῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ λῠχνῐ́ς
hē lukhnís		 τὼ λῠχνῐ́δε
tṑ lukhníde		 αἱ λῠχνῐ́δες
hai lukhnídes
Genitive τῆς λῠχνῐ́δος
tês lukhnídos		 τοῖν λῠχνῐ́δοιν
toîn lukhnídoin		 τῶν λῠχνῐ́δων
tôn lukhnídōn
Dative τῇ λῠχνῐ́δῐ
têi lukhnídi		 τοῖν λῠχνῐ́δοιν
toîn lukhnídoin		 ταῖς λῠχνῐ́σῐ / λῠχνῐ́σῐν
taîs lukhnísi(n)
Accusative τὴν λῠχνῐ́δᾰ
tḕn lukhnída		 τὼ λῠχνῐ́δε
tṑ lukhníde		 τᾱ̀ς λῠχνῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s lukhnídas
Vocative λῠχνῐ́ς
lukhnís		 λῠχνῐ́δε
lukhníde		 λῠχνῐ́δες
lukhnídes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • → Latin: lychnis
  • → Translingual: Lychnis

Further reading
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