λάμπη

Ancient Greek

The connection with λάμπω (lámpō, “to lighten, glow”) does not explain the forms without nasal. These point to a Pre-Greek word.

λᾰ́μπη • (lámpē) f (genitive λᾰ́μπης); first declension

First declension of ἡ λᾰ́μπη; τῆς λᾰ́μπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰ́μπη hē lámpē	τὼ λᾰ́μπᾱ tṑ lámpā	αἱ λᾰ́μπαι hai lámpai
Genitive	τῆς λᾰ́μπης tês lámpēs	τοῖν λᾰ́μπαιν toîn lámpain	τῶν λᾰμπῶν tôn lampôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰ́μπῃ têi lámpēi	τοῖν λᾰ́μπαιν toîn lámpain	ταῖς λᾰ́μπαις taîs lámpais
Accusative	τὴν λᾰ́μπην tḕn lámpēn	τὼ λᾰ́μπᾱ tṑ lámpā	τᾱ̀ς λᾰ́μπᾱς tā̀s lámpās
Vocative	λᾰ́μπη lámpē	λᾰ́μπᾱ lámpā	λᾰ́μπαι lámpai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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

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