λειχήν
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λιχήν (likhḗn) – Koine, in inscriptions
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /leː.kʰɛ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /liˈkʰen/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /liˈxin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /liˈçin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈçin/
Noun
λειχήν • (leikhḗn) m (genitive λειχῆνος); third declension
- Liverwort
- Lichen-like disease affecting the skin of animals; sycosis
- Blight or canker of the ground
- Callosity on the foreleg of horses
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λειχήν ho leikhḗn |
τὼ λειχῆνε tṑ leikhêne |
οἱ λειχῆνες hoi leikhênes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λειχῆνος toû leikhênos |
τοῖν λειχήνοιν toîn leikhḗnoin |
τῶν λειχήνων tôn leikhḗnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λειχῆνῐ tôi leikhêni |
τοῖν λειχήνοιν toîn leikhḗnoin |
τοῖς λειχῆσῐ(ν) toîs leikhêsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λειχῆνᾰ tòn leikhêna |
τὼ λειχῆνε tṑ leikhêne |
τοὺς λειχῆνᾰς toùs leikhênas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λειχήν leikhḗn |
λειχῆνε leikhêne |
λειχῆνες leikhênes | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
- Latin: līchēn
References
- λειχήν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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