Related to λίγδα (lígda, “whetstone”) and λίγδην (lígdēn, “touching superifically, grazing”). According to Beekes, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sleyǵ- (“to slide”) like Old High German slīhhan (“to creep”), Old Irish slige (“comb”) and Old Norse slíkr (“smooth”).
λίγδος • (lígdos) m (genitive λίγδου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ λῐ́γδος ho lígdos |
τὼ λῐ́γδω tṑ lígdō |
οἱ λῐ́γδοι hoi lígdoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λῐ́γδου toû lígdou |
τοῖν λῐ́γδοιν toîn lígdoin |
τῶν λῐ́γδων tôn lígdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λῐ́γδῳ tôi lígdōi |
τοῖν λῐ́γδοιν toîn lígdoin |
τοῖς λῐ́γδοις toîs lígdois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λῐ́γδον tòn lígdon |
τὼ λῐ́γδω tṑ lígdō |
τοὺς λῐ́γδους toùs lígdous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῐ́γδε lígde |
λῐ́γδω lígdō |
λῐ́γδοι lígdoi | ||||||||||
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