λάγνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λάγνης (lágnēs)

Etymology

Related to λαγαίω (lagaíō, “to release”) and λαγαρός (lagarós, “slack, loose”). Maybe these words derive from the same Proto-Indo-European root of Latin laxus (“loose, free”) and English slack.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.ɡnos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɣnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɣnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɣnos/

Adjective

λᾰ́γνος • (lắgnos) m (feminine λᾰ́γνη, neuter λᾰ́γνον); first/second declension

lecherous, lustful (of the male)
Synonym: μάχλος (mákhlos)

Declension

First and second declension of λᾰ́γνος; λᾰ́γνη; λᾰ́γνον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	λᾰ́γνος lắgnos	λᾰ́γνη lắgnē	λᾰ́γνον lắgnon	λᾰ́γνω lắgnō	λᾰ́γνᾱ lắgnā	λᾰ́γνω lắgnō	λᾰ́γνοι lắgnoi	λᾰ́γναι lắgnai	λᾰ́γνᾰ lắgnă
Genitive	λᾰ́γνου lắgnou	λᾰ́γνης lắgnēs	λᾰ́γνου lắgnou	λᾰ́γνοιν lắgnoin	λᾰ́γναιν lắgnain	λᾰ́γνοιν lắgnoin	λᾰ́γνων lắgnōn	λᾰ́γνων lắgnōn	λᾰ́γνων lắgnōn
Dative	λᾰ́γνῳ lắgnōi	λᾰ́γνῃ lắgnēi	λᾰ́γνῳ lắgnōi	λᾰ́γνοιν lắgnoin	λᾰ́γναιν lắgnain	λᾰ́γνοιν lắgnoin	λᾰ́γνοις lắgnois	λᾰ́γναις lắgnais	λᾰ́γνοις lắgnois
Accusative	λᾰ́γνον lắgnon	λᾰ́γνην lắgnēn	λᾰ́γνον lắgnon	λᾰ́γνω lắgnō	λᾰ́γνᾱ lắgnā	λᾰ́γνω lắgnō	λᾰ́γνους lắgnous	λᾰ́γνᾱς lắgnās	λᾰ́γνᾰ lắgnă
Vocative	λᾰ́γνε lắgne	λᾰ́γνη lắgnē	λᾰ́γνον lắgnon	λᾰ́γνω lắgnō	λᾰ́γνᾱ lắgnā	λᾰ́γνω lắgnō	λᾰ́γνοι lắgnoi	λᾰ́γναι lắgnai	λᾰ́γνᾰ lắgnă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	λᾰ́γνως lắgnōs			λᾰγνότερος lăgnóteros			λᾰγνότᾰτος lăgnótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

λαγνεία (lagneía)
λάγνευμα (lágneuma)
λαγνεύω (lagneúō)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λάγνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 820