Alleged by Beekes to be similar to ἄγγος (ángos, “vessel”) and related to λεκάνη (lekánē, “basin, dish”) and derived from Pre-Greek.
λέκος • (lékos) n (genitive λέκεος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ λέκος tò lékos |
τὼ λέκεε tṑ lékee |
τᾰ̀ λέκεᾰ tà lékea | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λέκεος toû lékeos |
τοῖν λεκέοιν toîn lekéoin |
τῶν λεκέων tôn lekéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λέκεῐ̈ tôi lékeï |
τοῖν λεκέοιν toîn lekéoin |
τοῖς λέκεσῐ / λέκεσῐν toîs lékesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λέκος tò lékos |
τὼ λέκεε tṑ lékee |
τᾰ̀ λέκεᾰ tà lékea | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λέκος lékos |
λέκεε lékee |
λέκεᾰ lékea | ||||||||||
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