λαιμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares this word with λαιφός (laiphós) and λαιφάσσω (laiphássō), which proves Pre-Greek origin. Possibly related also to λαῖπος (laîpos).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

λαιμός • (laimós) m (genitive λαιμοῦ); second declension

  1. (anatomy) throat, gullet

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ λαιμός; τοῦ λαιμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ λαιμός
ho laimós		 τὼ λαιμώ
tṑ laimṓ		 οἱ λαιμοί
hoi laimoí
Genitive τοῦ λαιμοῦ
toû laimoû		 τοῖν λαιμοῖν
toîn laimoîn		 τῶν λαιμῶν
tôn laimôn
Dative τῷ λαιμῷ
tôi laimôi		 τοῖν λαιμοῖν
toîn laimoîn		 τοῖς λαιμοῖς
toîs laimoîs
Accusative τὸν λαιμόν
tòn laimón		 τὼ λαιμώ
tṑ laimṓ		 τοὺς λαιμούς
toùs laimoús
Vocative λαιμέ
laimé		 λαιμώ
laimṓ		 λαιμοί
laimoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • λαιμαγχία (laimankhía)
  • λαίμαργος (laímargos)
  • λαιμάσσω (laimássō)
  • λαίμαστρον (laímastron)
  • λαιμάω (laimáō)
  • λαιμίζω (laimízō)
  • λαιμοδακής (laimodakḗs)
  • λαιμοπέδη (laimopédē)
  • λαιμόρρυτος (laimórrhutos)
  • λαιμότμητος (laimótmētos)
  • λαιμοτόμος (laimotómos)
  • λαιμώρη (laimṓrē)

Descendants

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαιμός (laimós), probably a Pre-Greek word; compare λαῖπος (laîpos), λαιφάσσω (laiphássō, “to gulp down, swallow”), and λαιφός (laiphós).

Noun

λαιμός • (laimós) m (plural λαιμοί)

  1. (anatomy) neck, throat

Declension
declension of λαιμός
singular plural
nominative λαιμός • λαιμοί •
genitive λαιμού • λαιμών •
accusative λαιμό • λαιμούς •
vocative λαιμέ • λαιμοί •
Alternative accusative singular form: λαιμόν (Katharevousa)

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also
  • αυχενικός (afchenikós, “cervical”)

References
  • 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
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