λυγγούριον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λιγγούριον (lingoúrion), λιγκούριον (linkoúrion), λογγούριον (longoúrion), λυγκούριον (lunkoúrion)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”) +‎ οὖρον (oûron, “urine”), as the stone was thought to be the urine of the lynx. However, the presence of the word λογούριον (logoúrion, “glass”) rather shows that this is a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lyŋ.ɡǔː.ri.on/ → /lyŋˈɡu.ri.on/ → /liŋˈɡu.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lyŋ.ɡǔː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyŋˈɡu.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyŋˈɡu.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyŋˈɡu.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liŋˈɡu.ri.on/

Noun

λῠγγούρῐον • (lungoúrion) n (genitive λῠγγουρῐ́ου); second declension

1. amber

   Synonym: ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῠγγούρῐον; τοῦ λῠγγουρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῠγγούρῐον tò lungoúrion	τὼ λῠγγουρῐ́ω tṑ lungouríō	τᾰ̀ λῠγγούρῐᾰ tà lungoúria
Genitive	τοῦ λῠγγουρῐ́ου toû lungouríou	τοῖν λῠγγουρῐ́οιν toîn lungouríoin	τῶν λῠγγουρῐ́ων tôn lungouríōn
Dative	τῷ λῠγγουρῐ́ῳ tôi lungouríōi	τοῖν λῠγγουρῐ́οιν toîn lungouríoin	τοῖς λῠγγουρῐ́οις toîs lungouríois
Accusative	τὸ λῠγγούρῐον tò lungoúrion	τὼ λῠγγουρῐ́ω tṑ lungouríō	τᾰ̀ λῠγγούρῐᾰ tà lungoúria
Vocative	λῠγγούρῐον lungoúrion	λῠγγουρῐ́ω lungouríō	λῠγγούρῐᾰ lungoúria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Old Georgian: ლჳგჳრიონი (lwigwirioni), ლიგჳრიონი (ligwirioni)

Further reading

• “λυγγούριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λυγγούριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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