λάγυνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λᾰ́γηνος (lắgēnos)

Etymology

Probably Pre-Greek. Compare Akkadian 𒆷𒄩𒉡 (laḫannu, “flask, bottle (of clay, glass or metal)”), Hittite 𒆷𒄩𒉌 (lahan(n)i), Ancient Greek λεκάνη (lekánē, “basin”), Aramaic לִגְנָא (lignā, “a unit of square measure”) > rare Arabic لُجْنَة (lujna), Aramaic לְגִינָא (ləgīnā), לְגִינְתָּא (ləgīntā, “jug for wine and oil, lagin, a unit of volume measure”), Ge'ez ልጕን (ləgʷən), ልጐን (ləgʷän, “a unit of measure, a pot used for storing and for measuring”), Amharic ለገን (lägän, “a fictile vessel”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.ɡyː.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡy.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ʝy.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ʝy.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ʝi.nos/

Noun

λᾰ́γῡνος, λᾰ́γῠνος • (lắgūnos, lắgŭnos) m or f (genitive λαγῡ́νου or λαγῠ́νου); second declension

flagon, pitcher, flask

Usage notes

Originally masculine, later sometimes feminine.

Declension

Second declension of ὁ / ἡ λᾰ́γῡνος; τοῦ / τῆς λᾰγῡ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ λᾰ́γῡνος ho / hē lắgūnos	τὼ λᾰγῡ́νω tṑ lăgū́nō	οἱ / αἱ λᾰ́γῡνοι hoi / hai lắgūnoi
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς λᾰγῡ́νου toû / tês lăgū́nou	τοῖν λᾰγῡ́νοιν toîn lăgū́noin	τῶν λᾰγῡ́νων tôn lăgū́nōn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ λᾰγῡ́νῳ tōî / tēî lăgū́nōi	τοῖν λᾰγῡ́νοιν toîn lăgū́noin	τοῖς / ταῖς λᾰγῡ́νοις toîs / taîs lăgū́nois
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν λᾰ́γῡνον tòn / tḕn lắgūnon	τὼ λᾰγῡ́νω tṑ lăgū́nō	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς λᾰγῡ́νους toùs / tā̀s lăgū́nous
Vocative	λᾰ́γῡνε lắgūne	λᾰγῡ́νω lăgū́nō	λᾰ́γῡνοι lắgūnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ὁ / ἡ λᾰ́γῠνος; τοῦ / τῆς λᾰγῠ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ λᾰ́γῠνος ho / hē lắgŭnos	τὼ λᾰγῠ́νω tṑ lăgŭ́nō	οἱ / αἱ λᾰ́γῠνοι hoi / hai lắgŭnoi
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς λᾰγῠ́νου toû / tês lăgŭ́nou	τοῖν λᾰγῠ́νοιν toîn lăgŭ́noin	τῶν λᾰγῠ́νων tôn lăgŭ́nōn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ λᾰγῠ́νῳ tōî / tēî lăgŭ́nōi	τοῖν λᾰγῠ́νοιν toîn lăgŭ́noin	τοῖς / ταῖς λᾰγῠ́νοις toîs / taîs lăgŭ́nois
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν λᾰ́γῠνον tòn / tḕn lắgŭnon	τὼ λᾰγῠ́νω tṑ lăgŭ́nō	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς λᾰγῠ́νους toùs / tā̀s lăgŭ́nous
Vocative	λᾰ́γῠνε lắgŭne	λᾰγῠ́νω lăgŭ́nō	λᾰ́γῠνοι lắgŭnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: lagēna
- Galician: laxe, las, laas, laxa
  - → Spanish: laja
- Portuguese: laje, lájea, lajem, laja
- → Arabic: لَجَانَة (lajāna) (super-rare)
- → English: lagena
- → Swedish: lägel
→ Old Georgian: ლაგჳნი (lagwini)
- Georgian: ლაგვინი (lagvini), ლაგვანი (lagvani) ლაგინაჲ (laginay)
  - → Mingrelian: ლაგვანი (lagvani), ჲაგვანი (yagvani)

References

“lgyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“lgn²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 130–131
Leslau, Wolf (1987), Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, reprinted 1991, 1997 and 2006, page 308
“λάγυνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“λάγυνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
λάγυνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette