λάγυνος

Ancient Greek

Probably Pre-Greek. Compare Akkadian 𒆷𒄩𒉡 (laḫannu, “flask, bottle (of clay, glass or metal)”), Hittite 𒆷𒄩𒉌 (lahan(n)i), Ancient Greek λεκάνη (lekánē, “basin”), Aramaic לִגְנָא (lignā, “a unit of square measure”) > rare Arabic لُجْنَة (lujna), Aramaic לְגִינָא (ləgīnā), לְגִינְתָּא (ləgīntā, “jug for wine and oil, lagin, a unit of volume measure”), Ge'ez ልጕን (ləgʷən), ልጐን (ləgʷän, “a unit of measure, a pot used for storing and for measuring”), Amharic ለገን (lägän, “a fictile vessel”).

λᾰ́γῡνος, λᾰ́γῠνος • (lágūnos, lágunos) m or f (genitive λαγῡ́νου or λαγῠ́νου); second declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ λᾰ́γῡνος ho, hē lágūnos	τὼ λᾰγῡ́νω tṑ lagū́nō	οἱ, αἱ λᾰ́γῡνοι hoi, hai lágūnoi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς λᾰγῡ́νου toû, tês lagū́nou	τοῖν λᾰγῡ́νοιν toîn lagū́noin	τῶν λᾰγῡ́νων tôn lagū́nōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ λᾰγῡ́νῳ tôi, têi lagū́nōi	τοῖν λᾰγῡ́νοιν toîn lagū́noin	τοῖς, ταῖς λᾰγῡ́νοις toîs, taîs lagū́nois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν λᾰ́γῡνον tòn, tḕn lágūnon	τὼ λᾰγῡ́νω tṑ lagū́nō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς λᾰγῡ́νους toùs, tā̀s lagū́nous
Vocative	λᾰ́γῡνε lágūne	λᾰγῡ́νω lagū́nō	λᾰ́γῡνοι lágūnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ λᾰ́γῠνος ho, hē lágunos	τὼ λᾰγῠ́νω tṑ lagúnō	οἱ, αἱ λᾰ́γῠνοι hoi, hai lágunoi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς λᾰγῠ́νου toû, tês lagúnou	τοῖν λᾰγῠ́νοιν toîn lagúnoin	τῶν λᾰγῠ́νων tôn lagúnōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ λᾰγῠ́νῳ tôi, têi lagúnōi	τοῖν λᾰγῠ́νοιν toîn lagúnoin	τοῖς, ταῖς λᾰγῠ́νοις toîs, taîs lagúnois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν λᾰ́γῠνον tòn, tḕn lágunon	τὼ λᾰγῠ́νω tṑ lagúnō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς λᾰγῠ́νους toùs, tā̀s lagúnous
Vocative	λᾰ́γῠνε lágune	λᾰγῠ́νω lagúnō	λᾰ́γῠνοι lágunoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Latin: lagēna
- Portuguese: laje, lájea, lajem, laja
- → Arabic: لَجَانَة (lajāna) (super-rare)
- → English: lagena
- → Swedish: lägel
→ Old Georgian: ლაგჳნი (lagwini)
- Georgian: ლაგვინი (lagvini), ლაგვანი (lagvani) ლაგინაჲ (laginay)
  - → Mingrelian: ლაგვანი (lagvani), ჲაგვანი (yagvani)

“lgyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“lgn²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 130–131
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 308
“λάγυνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“λάγυνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
λάγυνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette