σπῆλυγξ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπέος (spéos, “cave, cavern”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σπῆλῠγξ • (spêlunx) f (genitive σπήλῠγγος); third declension

  1. cave

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σπῆλῠγξ; τῆς σπήλῠγγος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σπῆλῠγξ
hē spêlunx 		τὼ σπήλῠγγε
tṑ spḗlunge 		αἱ σπήλῠγγες
hai spḗlunges
Genitive τῆς σπήλῠγγος
tês spḗlungos 		τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν
toîn spēlúngoin 		τῶν σπηλῠ́γγων
tôn spēlúngōn
Dative τῇ σπήλῠγγῐ
têi spḗlungi 		τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν
toîn spēlúngoin 		ταῖς σπήλῠγξῐ / σπήλῠγξῐν
taîs spḗlunxi(n)
Accusative τὴν σπήλῠγγᾰ
tḕn spḗlunga 		τὼ σπήλῠγγε
tṑ spḗlunge 		τᾱ̀ς σπήλῠγγᾰς
tā̀s spḗlungas
Vocative σπῆλῠγξ
spêlunx 		σπήλῠγγε
spḗlunge 		σπήλῠγγες
spḗlunges
Notes:

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Latin: spēlunca

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1382

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