λίκνον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λεῖκνον (leîknon)

Etymology

Ultimately from λικμάω (likmáō, “to winnow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lí.knon/ → /ˈli.knon/ → /ˈli.knon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lí.knon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.knon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.knon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.knon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.knon/

Noun

λίκνον • (líknon) n (genitive λίκνου); second declension

1. A winnowing fan, a winnowing basket
2. A cradle

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῐ́κνον; τοῦ λῐ́κνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῐ́κνον tò líknon	τὼ λῐ́κνω tṑ líknō	τᾰ̀ λῐ́κνᾰ tà líkna
Genitive	τοῦ λῐ́κνου toû líknou	τοῖν λῐ́κνοιν toîn líknoin	τῶν λῐ́κνων tôn líknōn
Dative	τῷ λῐ́κνῳ tôi líknōi	τοῖν λῐ́κνοιν toîn líknoin	τοῖς λῐ́κνοις toîs líknois
Accusative	τὸ λῐ́κνον tò líknon	τὼ λῐ́κνω tṑ líknō	τᾰ̀ λῐ́κνᾰ tà líkna
Vocative	λῐ́κνον líknon	λῐ́κνω líknō	λῐ́κνᾰ líkna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λικνάριον (liknárion)
• λικνίζω (liknízō)
• λικνίτης (liknítēs)
• λικνοειδής (liknoeidḗs)
• λικνοφορέω (liknophoréō)
• λικνοφόρος (liknophóros)

Descendants

• Greek: λίκνο (líkno)

Further reading

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