θυμέλη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θύω (thúō, “I sacrifice”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰy.mé.lɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰyˈme.le̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θyˈme.li/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θyˈme.li/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θiˈme.li/
Noun
θῠμέλη • (thumélē) f (genitive θῠμέλης); first declension
- a place of sacrifice, altar, temple
- In Athenian theater, the altar of Dionysus, an altar shaped platform in the middle of the orchestra, upon which stood the leader of the chorus.
Inflection
First declension of ἡ θῠμέλη; τῆς θῠμέλης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ θῠμέλη hē thumélē | τὼ θῠμέλᾱ tṑ thumélā | αἱ θῠμέλαι hai thumélai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς θῠμέλης tês thumélēs | τοῖν θῠμέλαιν toîn thumélain | τῶν θῠμελῶν tôn thumelôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ θῠμέλῃ têi thumélēi | τοῖν θῠμέλαιν toîn thumélain | ταῖς θῠμέλαις taîs thumélais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν θῠμέλην tḕn thumélēn | τὼ θῠμέλᾱ tṑ thumélā | τᾱ̀ς θῠμέλᾱς tā̀s thumélās | ||||||||||
Vocative | θῠμέλη thumélē | θῠμέλᾱ thumélā | θῠμέλαι thumélai | ||||||||||
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References
- “θυμέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θυμέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- θυμέλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- altar idem, page 25.