Λύγδαμις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Δύγδαμις (Dúgdamis)

Etymology

Borrowed from Cimmerian Proto-Scythian *Luǧdamiyah, *Duǧdamiyah, perhaps from *duǧdā (“milk” or “milk cow”), related to Proto-Iranian *dáwgdi (“to milk”), + *-mā (possessive suffix), literally, “having milk” or “having milk cows” (compare Avestan personal name 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀𐬧𐬙 (Gaomaṇt, literally “having cattle”)), + *-iyah (adjectival suffix).

Alternatively a two-stem hypocoristic of a name such as *Duǧdamēšī, compare Avestan personal name 𐬛𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬌 (Daβramaēši), with second element 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬍 (maēšī, “ewe”). Parallel borrowing with Neo-Assyrian 𒁹𒌇𒁮𒈨𒄿 (Dugdammī) and 𒁹𒌇𒁮𒈬𒌑 (Dugdammū).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lýɡ.da.mis/ → /ˈlyɣ.ða.mis/ → /ˈliɣ.ða.mis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lýɡ.da.mis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlyɡ.da.mis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlyɣ.ða.mis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlyɣ.ða.mis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈliɣ.ða.mis/

Proper noun

Λύγδαμις • (Lúgdamis) m (genitive Λυγδάμεως); third declension

1. A king of the Cimmerians
2. The father of Artemisia I of Caria
3. Lygdamis, tyrant of Naxos

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Λύγδαμῐς; τοῦ Λυγδάμεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λύγδαμῐς ho Lúgdamis
Genitive	τοῦ Λυγδάμεως toû Lugdámeōs
Dative	τῷ Λυγδάμει tôi Lugdámei
Accusative	τὸν Λύγδαμῐν tòn Lúgdamin
Vocative	Λύγδαμῐ Lúgdami
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Λύγδαμις (Lýgdamis); Λύγδαμης (Lýgdamis)
• → Latin: Lygdamis

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
• Λύγδαμις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette