λύγδη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, perhaps from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of the cluster -γδ.
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlyɣ.ði/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlyɣ.ði/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈliɣ.ði/
Noun
λύγδη • (lúgdē)
- (hapax) white poplar (Populus alba)
- Synonym: λεύκη (leúkē)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Λ:
- λύγδη· τὸ δένδρον, ἡ λεύκη.
- lúgdē; tò déndron, hē leúkē.
- lúgdē: a tree, the white poplar.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λύγδη hē lúgdē |
αἱ λύγδαι hai lúgdai | |||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λύγδης tês lúgdēs |
τῶν λυγδῶν tôn lugdôn | |||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λύγδῃ têi lúgdēi |
ταῖς λύγδαις taîs lúgdais | |||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λύγδην tḕn lúgdēn |
τᾱ̀ς λύγδᾱς tā̀s lúgdās | |||||||||||
| Vocative | λύγδη lúgdē |
λύγδαι lúgdai | |||||||||||
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Further reading
- “λύγδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “λύγδη”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: λ
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