Λιγυστικός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Λῐ́γῠς (Lígus) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós)

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

Λῐγῠστῐκός (Ligustikósm (feminine Λῐγῠστῐκή, neuter Λῐγῠστῐκόν); first/second declension

  1. Ligurian
    Synonyms: Λῐ́γῠστῐς f (Lígustis, feminine adjective), Λῐγῠστῖνος (Ligustînos)
    • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 598
    • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 2.4.3:
      καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ εὖ λέγεται τὸ πλησίον τῆς Σαρδόνος τὴν λεχθεῖσαν κάθετον τελευτᾶν· οὐ γὰρ παραπλήσιον, ἀλλὰ πολὺ δυσμικώτερον εἶναι τὸ δίαρμα τοῦτο τῆς Σαρδόνος, ὅλον σχεδόν τι ἀπολαμβάνον ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ πρὸς τῷ Σαρδονίῳ τὸ Λιγυστικὸν πέλαγος· καὶ τῆς παραλίας δὲ τὰ μήκη πεπλεόνασται, πλὴν οὐκ ἐπὶ τοσοῦτόν γε.
      kaì toûto ouk eû légetai tò plēsíon tês Sardónos tḕn lekhtheîsan kátheton teleutân; ou gàr paraplḗsion, allà polù dusmikṓteron eînai tò díarma toûto tês Sardónos, hólon skhedón ti apolambánon en tôi metaxù pròs tôi Sardoníōi tò Ligustikòn pélagos; kaì tês paralías dè tà mḗkē pepleónastai, plḕn ouk epì tosoûtón ge.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: Ligusticus

Further reading

  • Λῐγυστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Λῐγυστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015