"λύχνος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See λύχνος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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 Head templates: {{grc-noun|λῠ́χνου|m|second|head=λῠ́χνος}} λῠ́χνος • (lŭ́khnos) m (genitive λῠ́χνου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λῠ́χνος|ου}} Forms: λῠ́χνος [canonical], lŭ́khnos [romanization], λῠ́χνου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ λῠ́χνος [nominative, singular], λῠ́χνω [dual, nominative], οἱ λῠ́χνοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ λῠ́χνου [genitive, singular], λῠ́χνοιν [dual, genitive], λῠ́χνων [genitive, plural], τῷ λῠ́χνῳ [dative, singular], λῠ́χνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς λῠ́χνοις [dative, plural], τὸν λῠ́χνον [accusative, singular], λῠ́χνω [accusative, dual], τοὺς λῠ́χνους [accusative, plural], λῠ́χνε [singular, vocative], λῠ́χνω [dual, vocative], λῠ́χνοι [plural, vocative]
  1. lamp Derived forms: ἐλλύχνιον (ellúkhnion), ἐλλύχνιος (ellúkhnios), λυχνίς (lukhnís), λυχνῖτις (lukhnîtis), λυχνοκαΐα (lukhnokaḯa), λυχνοῦχος (lukhnoûkhos)
{
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*luk-s-nos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *luk-s-nos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *luk-s-nos, from *lewk-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lŭ́khnos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ λῠ́χνος",
      "roman": "ho lŭ́khnos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνω",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ λῠ́χνοι",
      "roman": "hoi lŭ́khnoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ λῠ́χνου",
      "roman": "toû lŭ́khnou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνοιν",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνων",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ λῠ́χνῳ",
      "roman": "tôi lŭ́khnōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνοιν",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς λῠ́χνοις",
      "roman": "toîs lŭ́khnois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν λῠ́χνον",
      "roman": "tòn lŭ́khnon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνω",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς λῠ́χνους",
      "roman": "toùs lŭ́khnous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνε",
      "roman": "lŭ́khne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνω",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνοι",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῠ́χνου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "λῠ́χνος"
      },
      "expansion": "λῠ́χνος • (lŭ́khnos) m (genitive λῠ́χνου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῠ́χνος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Light sources",
          "orig": "grc:Light sources",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "ellúkhnion",
          "word": "ἐλλύχνιον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ellúkhnios",
          "word": "ἐλλύχνιος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lukhnís",
          "word": "λυχνίς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lukhnîtis",
          "word": "λυχνῖτις"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lukhnokaḯa",
          "word": "λυχνοκαΐα"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lukhnoûkhos",
          "word": "λυχνοῦχος"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lamp"
      ],
      "id": "en-λύχνος-grc-noun-yY6F8kkA",
      "links": [
        [
          "lamp",
          "lamp"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lý.kʰnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.xnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.xnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lý.kʰnos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.kʰnos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.xnos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.xnos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.xnos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λύχνος"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ellúkhnion",
      "word": "ἐλλύχνιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ellúkhnios",
      "word": "ἐλλύχνιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lukhnís",
      "word": "λυχνίς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lukhnîtis",
      "word": "λυχνῖτις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lukhnokaḯa",
      "word": "λυχνοκαΐα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lukhnoûkhos",
      "word": "λυχνοῦχος"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*luk-s-nos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *luk-s-nos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *luk-s-nos, from *lewk-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lŭ́khnos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ λῠ́χνος",
      "roman": "ho lŭ́khnos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνω",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ λῠ́χνοι",
      "roman": "hoi lŭ́khnoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ λῠ́χνου",
      "roman": "toû lŭ́khnou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνοιν",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνων",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ λῠ́χνῳ",
      "roman": "tôi lŭ́khnōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνοιν",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς λῠ́χνοις",
      "roman": "toîs lŭ́khnois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν λῠ́χνον",
      "roman": "tòn lŭ́khnon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνω",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς λῠ́χνους",
      "roman": "toùs lŭ́khnous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνε",
      "roman": "lŭ́khne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνω",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῠ́χνοι",
      "roman": "lŭ́khnoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῠ́χνου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "λῠ́χνος"
      },
      "expansion": "λῠ́χνος • (lŭ́khnos) m (genitive λῠ́χνου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῠ́χνος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-",
        "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Light sources"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lamp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lamp",
          "lamp"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lý.kʰnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.xnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli.xnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lý.kʰnos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈly.kʰnos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "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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