Λιγυστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Λῐ́γῠς (Lígus) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.ɡys.ti.kós/ → /li.ʝys.tiˈkos/ → /li.ʝis.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.ɡys.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /li.ɡys.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.ʝys.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.ʝys.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.ʝis.tiˈkos/

Adjective

Λῐγῠστῐκός • (Ligustikós) m (feminine Λῐγῠστῐκή, neuter Λῐγῠστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Ligurian

   Synonyms: Λῐ́γῠστῐς f (Lígustis, feminine adjective), Λῐγῠστῖνος (Ligustînos)

   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 598
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 2.4.3:

     καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ εὖ λέγεται τὸ πλησίον τῆς Σαρδόνος τὴν λεχθεῖσαν κάθετον τελευτᾶν· οὐ γὰρ παραπλήσιον, ἀλλὰ πολὺ δυσμικώτερον εἶναι τὸ δίαρμα τοῦτο τῆς Σαρδόνος, ὅλον σχεδόν τι ἀπολαμβάνον ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ πρὸς τῷ Σαρδονίῳ τὸ Λιγυστικὸν πέλαγος· καὶ τῆς παραλίας δὲ τὰ μήκη πεπλεόνασται, πλὴν οὐκ ἐπὶ τοσοῦτόν γε.

     kaì toûto ouk eû légetai tò plēsíon tês Sardónos tḕn lekhtheîsan kátheton teleutân; ou gàr paraplḗsion, allà polù dusmikṓteron eînai tò díarma toûto tês Sardónos, hólon skhedón ti apolambánon en tôi metaxù pròs tôi Sardoníōi tò Ligustikòn pélagos; kaì tês paralías dè tà mḗkē pepleónastai, plḕn ouk epì tosoûtón ge.

Declension

First and second declension of Λῐγῠστῐκός; Λῐγῠστῐκή; Λῐγῠστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		Λῐγῠστῐκός Ligustikós	Λῐγῠστῐκή Ligustikḗ	Λῐγῠστῐκόν Ligustikón		Λῐγῠστῐκώ Ligustikṓ	Λῐγῠστῐκᾱ́ Ligustikā́	Λῐγῠστῐκώ Ligustikṓ		Λῐγῠστῐκοί Ligustikoí	Λῐγῠστῐκαί Ligustikaí	Λῐγῠστῐκᾰ́ Ligustiká
Genitive		Λῐγῠστῐκοῦ Ligustikoû	Λῐγῠστῐκῆς Ligustikês	Λῐγῠστῐκοῦ Ligustikoû		Λῐγῠστῐκοῖν Ligustikoîn	Λῐγῠστῐκαῖν Ligustikaîn	Λῐγῠστῐκοῖν Ligustikoîn		Λῐγῠστῐκῶν Ligustikôn	Λῐγῠστῐκῶν Ligustikôn	Λῐγῠστῐκῶν Ligustikôn
Dative		Λῐγῠστῐκῷ Ligustikôi	Λῐγῠστῐκῇ Ligustikêi	Λῐγῠστῐκῷ Ligustikôi		Λῐγῠστῐκοῖν Ligustikoîn	Λῐγῠστῐκαῖν Ligustikaîn	Λῐγῠστῐκοῖν Ligustikoîn		Λῐγῠστῐκοῖς Ligustikoîs	Λῐγῠστῐκαῖς Ligustikaîs	Λῐγῠστῐκοῖς Ligustikoîs
Accusative		Λῐγῠστῐκόν Ligustikón	Λῐγῠστῐκήν Ligustikḗn	Λῐγῠστῐκόν Ligustikón		Λῐγῠστῐκώ Ligustikṓ	Λῐγῠστῐκᾱ́ Ligustikā́	Λῐγῠστῐκώ Ligustikṓ		Λῐγῠστῐκούς Ligustikoús	Λῐγῠστῐκᾱ́ς Ligustikā́s	Λῐγῠστῐκᾰ́ Ligustiká
Vocative		Λῐγῠστῐκέ Ligustiké	Λῐγῠστῐκή Ligustikḗ	Λῐγῠστῐκόν Ligustikón		Λῐγῠστῐκώ Ligustikṓ	Λῐγῠστῐκᾱ́ Ligustikā́	Λῐγῠστῐκώ Ligustikṓ		Λῐγῠστῐκοί Ligustikoí	Λῐγῠστῐκαί Ligustikaí	Λῐγῠστῐκᾰ́ Ligustiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		Λῐγῠστῐκῶς Ligustikôs				Λῐγῠστῐκώτερος Ligustikṓteros				Λῐγῠστῐκώτᾰτος Ligustikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λῐγῠστῐκή (Ligustikḗ)
• λῐγῠστῐκόν (ligustikón)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: Ligusticus

Further reading

• “Λῐγυστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λῐγυστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015