λύκαινα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aina).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λῠ́καινᾰ • (lúkaina) f (genitive λῠκαίνης); first declension

  1. she-wolf

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λῠ́καινᾰ; τῆς λῠκαίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ λῠ́καινᾰ
hē lúkaina 		τὼ λῠκαίνᾱ
tṑ lukaínā 		αἱ λῠ́καιναι
hai lúkainai
Genitive τῆς λῠκαίνης
tês lukaínēs 		τοῖν λῠκαίναιν
toîn lukaínain 		τῶν λῠκαινῶν
tôn lukainôn
Dative τῇ λῠκαίνῃ
têi lukaínēi 		τοῖν λῠκαίναιν
toîn lukaínain 		ταῖς λῠκαίναις
taîs lukaínais
Accusative τὴν λῠ́καινᾰν
tḕn lúkainan 		τὼ λῠκαίνᾱ
tṑ lukaínā 		τᾱ̀ς λῠκαίνᾱς
tā̀s lukaínās
Vocative λῠ́καινᾰ
lúkaina 		λῠκαίνᾱ
lukaínā 		λῠ́καιναι
lúkainai
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: λύκαινα (lýkaina)

References

Greek

Etymology

λύκος (lýkos, “wolf”) +‎ -αινα (-aina, “feminising”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: λύ‧και‧να

Noun

λύκαινα • (lýkaina) f (plural λύκαινες, masculine λύκος)

  1. she-wolf

Declension

Declension of λύκαινα
singular plural
nominative λύκαινα • λύκαινες •
genitive λύκαινας • λυκαινών •
accusative λύκαινα • λύκαινες •
vocative λύκαινα • λύκαινες •
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