"λύχνος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /lý.kʰnos/, /ˈly.xnos/, /ˈli.xnos/, /lý.kʰnos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈly.kʰnos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈly.xnos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈly.xnos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈli.xnos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *luk-s-nos, from *lewk-. Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*lewk-}}, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*luk-s-nos}} Proto-Indo-European *luk-s-nos, {{m|ine-pro|*lewk-}} *lewk- Head templates: {{grc-noun|λῠ́χνου|m|second|head=λῠ́χνος}} λῠ́χνος • (lúkhnos) m (genitive λῠ́χνου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λῠ́χνος|ου}} Forms: λῠ́χνος [canonical], lúkhnos [romanization], λῠ́χνου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ λῠ́χνος [nominative, singular], τὼ λῠ́χνω [dual, nominative], οἱ λῠ́χνοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ λῠ́χνου [genitive, singular], τοῖν λῠ́χνοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν λῠ́χνων [genitive, plural], τῷ λῠ́χνῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν λῠ́χνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς λῠ́χνοις [dative, plural], τὸν λῠ́χνον [accusative, singular], τὼ λῠ́χνω [accusative, dual], τοὺς λῠ́χνους [accusative, plural], λῠ́χνε [singular, vocative], λῠ́χνω [dual, vocative], λῠ́χνοι [plural, vocative]
  1. lamp Categories (topical): Light sources Derived forms: ἐλλύχνιον (ellúkhnion), ἐλλύχνιος (ellúkhnios), λυχνίς (lukhnís), λυχνῖτις (lukhnîtis), λυχνοκαΐα (lukhnokaḯa), λυχνοῦχος (lukhnoûkhos)

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "name": "Light sources",
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            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "word": "ἐλλύχνιον"
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          "word": "ἐλλύχνιος"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈly.xnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.xnos/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/lý.kʰnos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈly.kʰnos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈly.xnos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈly.xnos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.xnos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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}
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      "word": "ἐλλύχνιον"
    },
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      "word": "ἐλλύχνιος"
    },
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      "word": "λυχνίς"
    },
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      "word": "λυχνῖτις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lukhnokaḯa",
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        "nominative"
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      "form": "οἱ λῠ́χνοι",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "τοῦ λῠ́χνου",
      "roman": "toû lúkhnou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "τοῖν λῠ́χνοιν",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν λῠ́χνων",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ λῠ́χνῳ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τοῖς λῠ́χνοις",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "plural"
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "λῠ́χνοι",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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      "ipa": "/ˈly.xnos/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈli.xnos/"
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      "ipa": "/lý.kʰnos/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.kʰnos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/ˈly.xnos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.xnos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.xnos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λύχνος"
}

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