λύγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, twist”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *luką (“lock”), Sanskrit रुग्ण (rugṇá, “bent, broken”), Latin luctor (“I wrestle”) and Latin luxus (“dislocated”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

λύγος • (lúgos) f (genitive λύγου); second declension

  1. The chaste tree
  2. A flexible twig, a withe

Declension
Second declension of ἡ λῠ́γος; τῆς λῠ́γου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ λῠ́γος
hē lúgos		 τὼ λῠ́γω
tṑ lúgō		 αἱ λῠ́γοι
hai lúgoi
Genitive τῆς λῠ́γου
tês lúgou		 τοῖν λῠ́γοιν
toîn lúgoin		 τῶν λῠ́γων
tôn lúgōn
Dative τῇ λῠ́γῳ
têi lúgōi		 τοῖν λῠ́γοιν
toîn lúgoin		 ταῖς λῠ́γοις
taîs lúgois
Accusative τὴν λῠ́γον
tḕn lúgon		 τὼ λῠ́γω
tṑ lúgō		 τᾱ̀ς λῠ́γους
tā̀s lúgous
Vocative λῠ́γε
lúge		 λῠ́γω
lúgō		 λῠ́γοι
lúgoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • λυγέα (lugéa)
  • λύγιον (lúgion)
  • λύγινος (lúginos)
  • λυγώδης (lugṓdēs)
  • λυγόω (lugóō)

Descendants

Further reading
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