λίκνον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λεῖκνον (leîknon)
Etymology
Ultimately from λικμάω (likmáō, “to winnow”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lí.knon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈli.knon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈli.knon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈli.knon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.knon/
Noun
λίκνον • (líknon) n (genitive λίκνου); second declension
- winnowing fan, winnowing basket
- cradle
- Synonym: βαυκάλη (baukálē)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ λῐ́κνον tò líknon |
τὼ λῐ́κνω tṑ líknō |
τᾰ̀ λῐ́κνᾰ tà líkna | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λῐ́κνου toû líknou |
τοῖν λῐ́κνοιν toîn líknoin |
τῶν λῐ́κνων tôn líknōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λῐ́κνῳ tôi líknōi |
τοῖν λῐ́κνοιν toîn líknoin |
τοῖς λῐ́κνοις toîs líknois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λῐ́κνον tò líknon |
τὼ λῐ́κνω tṑ líknō |
τᾰ̀ λῐ́κνᾰ tà líkna | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῐ́κνον líknon |
λῐ́κνω líknō |
λῐ́κνᾰ líkna | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λικνάριον (liknárion)
- λικνίζω (liknízō)
- λικνίτης (liknítēs)
- λικνοειδής (liknoeidḗs)
- λικνοφορέω (liknophoréō)
- λικνοφόρος (liknophóros)
Descendants
- Greek: λίκνο (líkno)
Further reading
- “λίκνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λίκνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λίκνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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