ὠλίγγη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὠλιγγία (ōlingía), ὦλιγξ (ôlinx)

Etymology

Without a convincing etymology. Not related to Sanskrit आली (ālī, “stripe, line”). According to Beekes, clearly of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the nasalized suffix. The connection with αὖλαξ (aûlax, “furrow”) is certainly wrong.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔː.líŋ.ɡɛː/ → /oˈliɲ.ɟi/ → /oˈliɲ.ɟi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔː.líŋ.ɡɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈliŋ.ɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈliɲ.ɟi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈliɲ.ɟi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈliɲ.ɟi/

Noun

ὠλῐ́γγη • (ōlíngē) f (genitive ὠλῐ́γγης); first declension

1. doze, short nap, short sleep
2. wrinkles beside the eyes, crow's feet

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὠλῐ́γγη; τῆς ὠλῐ́γγης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὠλῐ́γγη hē ōlíngē	τὼ ὠλῐ́γγᾱ tṑ ōlíngā	αἱ ὠλῐ́γγαι hai ōlíngai
Genitive	τῆς ὠλῐ́γγης tês ōlíngēs	τοῖν ὠλῐ́γγαιν toîn ōlíngain	τῶν ὠλῐγγῶν tôn ōlingôn
Dative	τῇ ὠλῐ́γγῃ têi ōlíngēi	τοῖν ὠλῐ́γγαιν toîn ōlíngain	ταῖς ὠλῐ́γγαις taîs ōlíngais
Accusative	τὴν ὠλῐ́γγην tḕn ōlíngēn	τὼ ὠλῐ́γγᾱ tṑ ōlíngā	τᾱ̀ς ὠλῐ́γγᾱς tā̀s ōlíngās
Vocative	ὠλῐ́γγη ōlíngē	ὠλῐ́γγᾱ ōlíngā	ὠλῐ́γγαι ōlíngai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὠλίγγη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὠλίγγη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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