λιγύς

Ancient Greek

Unknown. Possibly related to Dutch lijster (“thrush”).

λῐγῠ́ς • (ligús) m (feminine λῐ́γεια, neuter λῐγῠ́); first/third declension (Homeric, poetic)

First and third declension of λῐγῠ́ς; λῐ́γειᾰ; λῐγῠ́ (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	λῐγῠ́ς ligús	λῐ́γειᾰ lígeia	λῐγῠ́ ligú	λῐγέε ligée	λῐγείᾱ ligeíā	λῐγέε ligée	λῐγεῖς ligeîs	λῐ́γειαι lígeiai	λῐγέᾰ ligéa
Genitive	λῐγέος ligéos	λῐγείᾱς ligeíās	λῐγέος ligéos	λῐγέοιν ligéoin	λῐγείαιν ligeíain	λῐγέοιν ligéoin	λῐγέων ligéōn	λῐγειῶν ligeiôn	λῐγέων ligéōn
Dative	λῐγεῖ ligeî	λῐγείᾳ ligeíāi	λῐγεῖ ligeî	λῐγέοιν ligéoin	λῐγείαιν ligeíain	λῐγέοιν ligéoin	λῐγέσῐ / λῐγέσῐν ligési(n)	λῐγείαις ligeíais	λῐγέσῐ / λῐγέσῐν ligési(n)
Accusative	λῐγῠ́ν ligún	λῐ́γειᾰν lígeian	λῐγῠ́ ligú	λῐγέε ligée	λῐγείᾱ ligeíā	λῐγέε ligée	λῐγεῖς ligeîs	λῐγείᾱς ligeíās	λῐγέᾰ ligéa
Vocative	λῐγῠ́ ligú	λῐ́γειᾰ lígeia	λῐγῠ́ ligú	λῐγέε ligée	λῐγείᾱ ligeíā	λῐγέε ligée	λῐγεῖς ligeîs	λῐ́γειαι lígeiai	λῐγέᾰ ligéa
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	λῐγέως ligéōs			λῐγῠ́τερος ligúteros			λῐγῠ́τᾰτος ligútatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lijster”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute