ὀβελισκολύχνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀβελίσκος (obelískos, “spit, obelisk”) + λυχνίον (lukhníon, “lampholder”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.be.lis.ko.lý.kʰni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.be.lis.koˈly.kʰni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.βe.lis.koˈly.xni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.ve.lis.koˈly.xni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.ve.lis.koˈli.xni.on/
Noun
ὀβελῐσκολῠ́χνῐον • (obeliskolúkhnion) n (genitive ὀβελῐσκολῠχνῐ́ου); second declension
- spit used as a lampholder by soldiers
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὀβελῐσκολῠ́χνῐον tò obeliskolúkhnion |
τὼ ὀβελῐσκολῠχνῐ́ω tṑ obeliskolukhníō |
τᾰ̀ ὀβελῐσκολῠ́χνῐᾰ tà obeliskolúkhnia | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀβελῐσκολῠχνῐ́ου toû obeliskolukhníou |
τοῖν ὀβελῐσκολῠχνῐ́οιν toîn obeliskolukhníoin |
τῶν ὀβελῐσκολῠχνῐ́ων tôn obeliskolukhníōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀβελῐσκολῠχνῐ́ῳ tôi obeliskolukhníōi |
τοῖν ὀβελῐσκολῠχνῐ́οιν toîn obeliskolukhníoin |
τοῖς ὀβελῐσκολῠχνῐ́οις toîs obeliskolukhníois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὀβελῐσκολῠ́χνῐον tò obeliskolúkhnion |
τὼ ὀβελῐσκολῠχνῐ́ω tṑ obeliskolukhníō |
τᾰ̀ ὀβελῐσκολῠ́χνῐᾰ tà obeliskolúkhnia | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀβελῐσκολῠ́χνῐον obeliskolúkhnion |
ὀβελῐσκολῠχνῐ́ω obeliskolukhníō |
ὀβελῐσκολῠ́χνῐᾰ obeliskolúkhnia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: obeliscolychny
Further reading
- “ὀβελισκολύχνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀβελισκολύχνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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