πυγολαμπίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • πῠρολᾰμπῐ́ς (purolampís)

Etymology

From πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump, buttocks”) +‎ λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine, gleam”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς • (pūgolampís) f (genitive πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δος); third declension

  1. glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)
    Synonym: λᾰμπῠρῐ́ς (lampurís)

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς; τῆς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς
hē pūgolampís		 τὼ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δε
tṑ pūgolampíde		 αἱ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δες
hai pūgolampídes
Genitive τῆς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δος
tês pūgolampídos		 τοῖν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δοιν
toîn pūgolampídoin		 τῶν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δων
tôn pūgolampídōn
Dative τῇ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δῐ
têi pūgolampídi		 τοῖν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δοιν
toîn pūgolampídoin		 ταῖς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́σῐ / πῡγολᾰμπῐ́σῐν
taîs pūgolampísi(n)
Accusative τὴν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δᾰ
tḕn pūgolampída		 τὼ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δε
tṑ pūgolampíde		 τᾱ̀ς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s pūgolampídas
Vocative πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς
pūgolampís		 πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δε
pūgolampíde		 πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δες
pūgolampídes
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.

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