Λίνδον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lín.don/ → /ˈlin.don/ → /ˈlin.don/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lín.don/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.don/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.don/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.don/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.don/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin Lindum, from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“pool, lake”) (compare Welsh llyn (“lake”) and Scottish Gaelic lionn (“liquid, fluid”)).

Proper noun

Λίνδον • (Líndon) n (genitive Λίνδου); second declension

1. Lindum Colonia; Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Λῐ́νδον; τοῦ Λῐ́νδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Λῐ́νδον tò Líndon
Genitive	τοῦ Λῐ́νδου toû Líndou
Dative	τῷ Λῐ́νδῳ tôi Líndōi
Accusative	τὸ Λῐ́νδον tò Líndon
Vocative	Λῐ́νδον Líndon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Λίνδο (Líndo)

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Λίνδον • (Líndon)

1. accusative singular of Λίνδος (Líndos)