σπῆλυγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπέος (spéos, “cave, cavern”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spɛ̂ː.lyŋks/ → /ˈspi.lyŋks/ → /ˈspi.liŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spɛ̂ː.lyŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspe̝.lyŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.lyŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.lyŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.liŋks/

Noun

σπῆλῠγξ • (spêlunx) f (genitive σπήλῠγγος); third declension

1. cave

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σπῆλῠγξ; τῆς σπήλῠγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπῆλῠγξ hē spêlunx	τὼ σπήλῠγγε tṑ spḗlunge	αἱ σπήλῠγγες hai spḗlunges
Genitive	τῆς σπήλῠγγος tês spḗlungos	τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν toîn spēlúngoin	τῶν σπηλῠ́γγων tôn spēlúngōn
Dative	τῇ σπήλῠγγῐ têi spḗlungi	τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν toîn spēlúngoin	ταῖς σπήλῠγξῐ / σπήλῠγξῐν taîs spḗlunxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σπήλῠγγᾰ tḕn spḗlunga	τὼ σπήλῠγγε tṑ spḗlunge	τᾱ̀ς σπήλῠγγᾰς tā̀s spḗlungas
Vocative	σπῆλῠγξ spêlunx	σπήλῠγγε spḗlunge	σπήλῠγγες spḗlunges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• σπήλαιον (spḗlaion)

Descendants

• Latin: spēlunca

Further reading

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