θυμελαία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θύμον (thúmon, “thyme”) + ἐλαία (elaía, “olive tree”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰy.me.lǎi̯.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰy.meˈlɛ.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θy.meˈlɛ.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θy.meˈle.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θi.meˈle.a/
Noun
θῠμελαίᾱ • (thumelaíā) f (genitive θῠμελαίᾱς); first declension
- flax-leaved daphne (Daphne gnidium)
- Synonym: κνέωρον (knéōron)
Declension
First declension of ἡ θῠμελαίᾱ; τῆς θῠμελαίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ θῠμελαίᾱ hē thumelaíā | τὼ θῠμελαίᾱ tṑ thumelaíā | αἱ θῠμελαῖαι hai thumelaîai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς θῠμελαίᾱς tês thumelaíās | τοῖν θῠμελαίαιν toîn thumelaíain | τῶν θῠμελαιῶν tôn thumelaiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ θῠμελαίᾳ têi thumelaíāi | τοῖν θῠμελαίαιν toîn thumelaíain | ταῖς θῠμελαίαις taîs thumelaíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν θῠμελαίᾱν tḕn thumelaíān | τὼ θῠμελαίᾱ tṑ thumelaíā | τᾱ̀ς θῠμελαίᾱς tā̀s thumelaíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | θῠμελαίᾱ thumelaíā | θῠμελαίᾱ thumelaíā | θῠμελαῖαι thumelaîai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: thymelaea
- → Translingual: Thymelaea
Further reading
- “θυμελαία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θυμελαία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette