λυκόσκορδον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) +‎ σκόρδον (skórdon, “garlic”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.kós.kor.don/ → /lyˈkos.kor.ðon/ → /liˈkos.kor.ðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.kós.kor.don/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈkos.kor.don/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈkos.kor.ðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈkos.kor.ðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈkos.kor.ðon/

Noun

λῠκόσκορδον • (lukóskordon) n (genitive λῠκοσκόρδου); second declension

1. wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum)

   Synonyms: ἀμᾰκρῶτῐς (amakrôtis), ἀμπελόπρᾰσον (ampelóprason)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῠκόσκορδον; τοῦ λῠκοσκόρδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῠκόσκορδον tò lukóskordon	τὼ λῠκοσκόρδω tṑ lukoskórdō	τᾰ̀ λῠκόσκορδᾰ tà lukóskorda
Genitive	τοῦ λῠκοσκόρδου toû lukoskórdou	τοῖν λῠκοσκόρδοιν toîn lukoskórdoin	τῶν λῠκοσκόρδων tôn lukoskórdōn
Dative	τῷ λῠκοσκόρδῳ tôi lukoskórdōi	τοῖν λῠκοσκόρδοιν toîn lukoskórdoin	τοῖς λῠκοσκόρδοις toîs lukoskórdois
Accusative	τὸ λῠκόσκορδον tò lukóskordon	τὼ λῠκοσκόρδω tṑ lukoskórdō	τᾰ̀ λῠκόσκορδᾰ tà lukóskorda
Vocative	λῠκόσκορδον lukóskordon	λῠκοσκόρδω lukoskórdō	λῠκόσκορδᾰ lukóskorda
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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