λαγνεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λαγνείη (lagneíē)

Etymology

From λαγνεύω (lagneúō, “to have sex”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.ɡněː.aː/ → /laˈɣni.a/ → /laˈɣni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.ɡněː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈɡni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈɣni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈɣni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈɣni.a/

Noun

λαγνείᾱ • (lagneíā) f (genitive λαγνείᾱς); first declension

1. sex, sexual intercourse
2. lasciviousness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λαγνείᾱ; τῆς λαγνείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λαγνείᾱ hē lagneíā	τὼ λαγνείᾱ tṑ lagneíā	αἱ λαγνεῖαι hai lagneîai
Genitive	τῆς λαγνείᾱς tês lagneíās	τοῖν λαγνείαιν toîn lagneíain	τῶν λαγνειῶν tôn lagneiôn
Dative	τῇ λαγνείᾳ têi lagneíāi	τοῖν λαγνείαιν toîn lagneíain	ταῖς λαγνείαις taîs lagneíais
Accusative	τὴν λαγνείᾱν tḕn lagneíān	τὼ λαγνείᾱ tṑ lagneíā	τᾱ̀ς λαγνείᾱς tā̀s lagneíās
Vocative	λαγνείᾱ lagneíā	λαγνείᾱ lagneíā	λαγνεῖαι lagneîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: λαγνεία (lagneía)

Further reading

• “λαγνεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαγνεία (lagneía), derived from the verb λαγνεύω (lagneúō, “to have sex”).

Noun

λαγνεία • (lagneía) f (uncountable)

1. lust, sexual desire

Declension

  λαγνεία

case     \     number	singular
nominative	λαγνεία •
genitive	λαγνείας •
accusative	λαγνεία •
vocative	λαγνεία •
the plural form λαγνείες is sometimes found

See also

• επιθυμία f (epithymía, “desire”)