ὄλιγγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Connection with λιγύς (ligús, “shrill, loud, piercing”) does not help. In view of the prenasalization, the word may be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.liŋ.ɡos/ → /ˈo.liŋ.ɡos/ → /ˈo.liŋ.ɡos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.liŋ.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.liŋ.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.liŋ.ɡos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.liŋ.ɡos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.liŋ.ɡos/

Noun

ὄλῐγγος • (ólingos) m (genitive ὀλῐ́γγου); second declension

1. kind of locust

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄλῐγγος; τοῦ ὀλῐ́γγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὄλῐγγος ho ólingos	τὼ ὀλῐ́γγω tṑ olíngō	οἱ ὄλῐγγοι hoi ólingoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀλῐ́γγου toû olíngou	τοῖν ὀλῐ́γγοιν toîn olíngoin	τῶν ὀλῐ́γγων tôn olíngōn
Dative	τῷ ὀλῐ́γγῳ tôi olíngōi	τοῖν ὀλῐ́γγοιν toîn olíngoin	τοῖς ὀλῐ́γγοις toîs olíngois
Accusative	τὸν ὄλῐγγον tòn ólingon	τὼ ὀλῐ́γγω tṑ olíngō	τοὺς ὀλῐ́γγους toùs olíngous
Vocative	ὄλῐγγε ólinge	ὀλῐ́γγω olíngō	ὄλῐγγοι ólingoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὄλιγγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN