λύκαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aina).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.kai̯.na/ → /ˈly.cɛ.na/ → /ˈli.ce.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lý.kai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.kɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.cɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ce.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ce.na/

Noun

λῠ́καινᾰ • (lúkaina) f (genitive λῠκαίνᾱς); first declension

1. she-wolf

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λῠ́καινᾰ; τῆς λῠκαίνᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῠ́καινᾰ hē lúkaina	τὼ λῠκαίνᾱ tṑ lukaínā	αἱ λῠ́καιναι hai lúkainai
Genitive	τῆς λῠκαίνᾱς tês lukaínās	τοῖν λῠκαίναιν toîn lukaínain	τῶν λῠκαινῶν tôn lukainôn
Dative	τῇ λῠκαίνᾳ têi lukaínāi	τοῖν λῠκαίναιν toîn lukaínain	ταῖς λῠκαίναις taîs lukaínais
Accusative	τὴν λῠ́καινᾰν tḕn lúkainan	τὼ λῠκαίνᾱ tṑ lukaínā	τᾱ̀ς λῠκαίνᾱς tā̀s lukaínās
Vocative	λῠ́καινᾰ lúkaina	λῠκαίνᾱ lukaínā	λῠ́καιναι lúkainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λυκαίνιον (lukaínion)

Descendants

• Greek: λύκαινα (lýkaina)
  • → Translingual: Lycaena

References

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

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Greek

Etymology

λύκος (lýkos, “wolf”) +‎ -αινα (-aina, “feminising”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [likena]
• Hyphenation: λύ‧και‧να

Noun

λύκαινα • (lýkaina) f (plural λύκαινες, masculine λύκος)

1. she-wolf

Declension

Declension of λύκαινα

	singular	plural
nominative	λύκαινα •	λύκαινες •
genitive	λύκαινας •	λυκαινών •
accusative	λύκαινα •	λύκαινες •
vocative	λύκαινα •	λύκαινες •