λαιμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely of Pre-Greek origin, based on Furnée's comparison with λαιφός (laiphós) and λαιφάσσω (laiphássō, “to swallow, gulp down”) and the observed μ/φ variation. Possibly related also to λαῖπος (laîpos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lai̯.mós/ → /lɛˈmos/ → /leˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lai̯.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lɛˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lɛˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /leˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /leˈmos/

Noun

λαιμός • (laimós) m (genitive λαιμοῦ); second declension

1. (anatomy) throat, gullet

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λαιμός; τοῦ λαιμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λαιμός ho laimós	τὼ λαιμώ tṑ laimṓ	οἱ λαιμοί hoi laimoí
Genitive	τοῦ λαιμοῦ toû laimoû	τοῖν λαιμοῖν toîn laimoîn	τῶν λαιμῶν tôn laimôn
Dative	τῷ λαιμῷ tôi laimôi	τοῖν λαιμοῖν toîn laimoîn	τοῖς λαιμοῖς toîs laimoîs
Accusative	τὸν λαιμόν tòn laimón	τὼ λαιμώ tṑ laimṓ	τοὺς λαιμούς toùs laimoús
Vocative	λαιμέ laimé	λαιμώ laimṓ	λαιμοί laimoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λαιμαγχία (laimankhía)
• λαίμαργος (laímargos)
• λαιμάσσω (laimássō)
• λαίμαστρον (laímastron)
• λαιμάω (laimáō)
• λαιμίζω (laimízō)
• λαιμοδακής (laimodakḗs)
• λαιμοπέδη (laimopédē)
• λαιμόρρυτος (laimórrhutos)
• λαιμότμητος (laimótmētos)
• λαιμοτόμος (laimotómos)
• λαιμώρη (laimṓrē)

 

Descendants

• Greek: λαιμός (laimós)

Further reading

• “λαιμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαιμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαιμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαιμός (laimós), probably a Pre-Greek word; compare λαῖπος (laîpos), λαιφάσσω (laiphássō, “to gulp down, swallow”), and λαιφός (laiphós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈmos/

Noun

λαιμός • (laimós) m (plural λαιμοί)

1. (anatomy) neck, throat

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	λαιμός (laimós)	λαιμοί (laimoí)
genitive	λαιμού (laimoú)	λαιμών (laimón)
accusative	λαιμό (laimó)	λαιμούς (laimoús)
vocative	λαιμέ (laimé)	λαιμοί (laimoí)

Alternative accusative singular form: λαιμόν (Katharevousa)

Synonyms

• αυχένας m (afchénas, “neck, nape of neck”)
• τράχηλος m (tráchilos, “neck”)

Derived terms

• μαυρόλαιμος (mavrólaimos, “black-throated”)
• κοκκινολαίμης m (kokkinolaímis, “robin”, literally “red throat”)

See also

• αυχενικός (afchenikós, “cervical”)

Further reading

• λαιμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el