λίθινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λίθος (líthos, “stone”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lí.tʰi.nos/ → /ˈli.θi.nos/ → /ˈli.θi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lí.tʰi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tʰi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.θi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.θi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.θi.nos/

Adjective

λίθῐνος • (líthĭnos) m (feminine λῐθίνη, neuter λίθῐνον); first/second declension

1. of stone
   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 2:6:

     ἦσαν δὲ ἐκεῖ ὑδρίαι λίθιναι ἓξ κείμεναι, κατὰ τὸν καθαρισμὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων, χωροῦσαι ἀνὰ μετρητὰς δύο ἢ τρεῖς.

     êsan dè ekeî hudríai líthinai hèx keímenai, katà tòn katharismòn tôn Ioudaíōn, khōroûsai anà metrētàs dúo ḕ treîs.

     • Translation by KJV

       And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

   • 55 CE – 56 CE, Paul the Apostle, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 3:3:

     φανερούμενοι ὅτι ἐστὲ ἐπιστολὴ Χριστοῦ διακονηθεῖσα ὑφ’ ἡμῶν, ἐγγεγραμμένη οὐ μέλανι, ἀλλὰ Πνεύματι Θεοῦ ζῶντος, οὐκ ἐν πλαξὶ λιθίναις, ἀλλὰ ἐν πλαξὶ καρδίαις σαρκίναις.

     phaneroúmenoi hóti estè epistolḕ Khristoû diakonētheîsa huph’ hēmôn, engegramménē ou mélani, allà Pneúmati Theoû zôntos, ouk en plaxì lithínais, allà en plaxì kardíais sarkínais.

     • Translation by KJV

       Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

   • New Testament, Revelation 9:20:

     καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἳ οὐκ ἀπεκτάνθησαν ἐν ταῖς πληγαῖς ταύταις, οὐ μετενόησαν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν, ἵνα μὴ προσκυνήσωσι τὰ δαιμόνια καὶ τὰ εἴδωλα τὰ χρυσᾶ καὶ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ τὰ χαλκᾶ καὶ τὰ λίθινα καὶ τὰ ξύλινα, ἃ οὔτε βλέπειν δύναται οὔτε ἀκούειν οὔτε περιπατεῖν, […]

     kaì hoi loipoì tôn anthrṓpōn, hoì ouk apektánthēsan en taîs plēgaîs taútais, ou metenóēsan ek tôn érgōn tôn kheirôn autôn, hína mḕ proskunḗsōsi tà daimónia kaì tà eídōla tà khrusâ kaì tà argurâ kaì tà khalkâ kaì tà líthina kaì tà xúlina, hà oúte blépein dúnatai oúte akoúein oúte peripateîn, […]

     • Translation by KJV

       And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk, […]

Inflection

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λῐ́θῐνος lĭ́thĭnos	λῐθῐ́νη lĭthĭ́nē	λῐ́θῐνον lĭ́thĭnon		λῐθῐ́νω lĭthĭ́nō	λῐθῐ́νᾱ lĭthĭ́nā	λῐθῐ́νω lĭthĭ́nō		λῐ́θῐνοι lĭ́thĭnoi	λῐ́θῐναι lĭ́thĭnai	λῐ́θῐνᾰ lĭ́thĭnă
Genitive		λῐθῐ́νου lĭthĭ́nou	λῐθῐ́νης lĭthĭ́nēs	λῐθῐ́νου lĭthĭ́nou		λῐθῐ́νοιν lĭthĭ́noin	λῐθῐ́ναιν lĭthĭ́nain	λῐθῐ́νοιν lĭthĭ́noin		λῐθῐ́νων lĭthĭ́nōn	λῐθῐ́νων lĭthĭ́nōn	λῐθῐ́νων lĭthĭ́nōn
Dative		λῐθῐ́νῳ lĭthĭ́nōi	λῐθῐ́νῃ lĭthĭ́nēi	λῐθῐ́νῳ lĭthĭ́nōi		λῐθῐ́νοιν lĭthĭ́noin	λῐθῐ́ναιν lĭthĭ́nain	λῐθῐ́νοιν lĭthĭ́noin		λῐθῐ́νοις lĭthĭ́nois	λῐθῐ́ναις lĭthĭ́nais	λῐθῐ́νοις lĭthĭ́nois
Accusative		λῐ́θῐνον lĭ́thĭnon	λῐθῐ́νην lĭthĭ́nēn	λῐ́θῐνον lĭ́thĭnon		λῐθῐ́νω lĭthĭ́nō	λῐθῐ́νᾱ lĭthĭ́nā	λῐθῐ́νω lĭthĭ́nō		λῐθῐ́νους lĭthĭ́nous	λῐθῐ́νᾱς lĭthĭ́nās	λῐ́θῐνᾰ lĭ́thĭnă
Vocative		λῐ́θῐνε lĭ́thĭne	λῐθῐ́νη lĭthĭ́nē	λῐ́θῐνον lĭ́thĭnon		λῐθῐ́νω lĭthĭ́nō	λῐθῐ́νᾱ lĭthĭ́nā	λῐθῐ́νω lĭthĭ́nō		λῐ́θῐνοι lĭ́thĭnoi	λῐ́θῐναι lĭ́thĭnai	λῐ́θῐνᾰ lĭ́thĭnă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λῐθῐ́νως lĭthĭ́nōs				λῐθῐνώτερος lĭthĭnṓteros				λῐθῐνώτᾰτος lĭthĭnṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of λῐ́θῐνος; λῐθῐ́νη; λῐ́θῐνον (Attic)

Related terms

• λιθωτός (lithōtós)

Further reading

• “λίθινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λίθινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λίθινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λίθινος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3035 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • rock idem, page 719.
  • stone idem, page 819.
• λίθινος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Adjective

λίθινος • (líthinos) m (feminine λίθινη, neuter λίθινο)

1. stone, of stone

   Λίθινη Εποχή ― Líthini Epochí ― Stone Age

Declension

Declension of λίθινος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	λίθινος (líthinos)	λίθινη (líthini)	λίθινο (líthino)		λίθινοι (líthinoi)	λίθινες (líthines)	λίθινα (líthina)
genitive	λίθινου (líthinou)	λίθινης (líthinis)	λίθινου (líthinou)		λίθινων (líthinon)	λίθινων (líthinon)	λίθινων (líthinon)
accusative	λίθινο (líthino)	λίθινη (líthini)	λίθινο (líthino)		λίθινους (líthinous)	λίθινες (líthines)	λίθινα (líthina)
vocative	λίθινε (líthine)	λίθινη (líthini)	λίθινο (líthino)		λίθινοι (líthinoi)	λίθινες (líthines)	λίθινα (líthina)