ἀλίγκιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained per Beekes.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.líŋ.ki.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈliŋ.ki.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈliɲ.ɟi.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈliɲ.ɟi.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈliɲ.ɟi.os/

Adjective

ἀλίγκῐος • (alínkĭos) m or f (neuter ἀλίγκῐον); second declension

(poetic) like, resembling (with dative)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 8.174:
  ἄλλος δ’ αὖ εἶδος μὲν ἀλίγκιος ἀθανάτοισιν,
  ἀλλ’ οὔ οἱ χάρις ἀμφὶ περιστέφεται ἐπέεσσιν[...]
  állos d’ aû eîdos mèn alínkios athanátoisin,
  all’ oú hoi kháris amphì peristéphetai epéessin[...]
  Another man has godlike looks but no grace in his words[...]

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐος; ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐον (Epic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐος ălĭ́nkĭos	ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐον ălĭ́nkĭon	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ω ălĭnkĭ́ō	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ω ălĭnkĭ́ō	ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐοι ălĭ́nkĭoi	ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐᾰ ălĭ́nkĭă
Genitive	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ου / ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οιο / ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οο ălĭnkĭ́ou / ălĭnkĭ́oio / ălĭnkĭ́oo	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ου / ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οιο / ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οο ălĭnkĭ́ou / ălĭnkĭ́oio / ălĭnkĭ́oo	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οιν / ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οιῐν ălĭnkĭ́oi(ĭ)n	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οιν / ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οιῐν ălĭnkĭ́oi(ĭ)n	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ων ălĭnkĭ́ōn	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ων ălĭnkĭ́ōn
Dative	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ῳ ălĭnkĭ́ōi	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ῳ ălĭnkĭ́ōi	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οιν / ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οιῐν ălĭnkĭ́oi(ĭ)n	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οιν / ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οιῐν ălĭnkĭ́oi(ĭ)n	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οις / ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οισῐ / ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οισῐν ălĭnkĭ́ois / ălĭnkĭ́oisĭ(n)	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οις / ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οισῐ / ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́οισῐν ălĭnkĭ́ois / ălĭnkĭ́oisĭ(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐον ălĭ́nkĭon	ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐον ălĭ́nkĭon	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ω ălĭnkĭ́ō	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ω ălĭnkĭ́ō	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ους ălĭnkĭ́ous	ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐᾰ ălĭ́nkĭă
Vocative	ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐε ălĭ́nkĭe	ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐον ălĭ́nkĭon	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ω ălĭnkĭ́ō	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ω ălĭnkĭ́ō	ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐοι ălĭ́nkĭoi	ᾰ̓λῐ́γκῐᾰ ălĭ́nkĭă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓λῐγκῐ́ως ălĭnkĭ́ōs		ᾰ̓λῐγκῐώτερος ălĭnkĭṓteros		ᾰ̓λῐγκῐώτᾰτος ălĭnkĭṓtătos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67

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