κληματίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κλῆμα (klêma, “twig, branch”) + -ῐ́ς (-ís).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klɛː.ma.tís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kle̝.maˈtis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kli.maˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kli.maˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kli.maˈtis/
Noun
κληματῐ́ς • (klēmatís) f (genitive κληματῐ́δος); third declension
- vine branch
- (in the plural) brushwood, faggots
- periwinkle (Vinca herbacea)
- traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba)
- Synonym: ἀθραγένη (athragénē)
- bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Declension
Third declension of ἡ κληματῐ́ς; τῆς κληματῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κληματῐ́ς hē klēmatís | τὼ κληματῐ́δε tṑ klēmatíde | αἱ κληματῐ́δες hai klēmatídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κληματῐ́δος tês klēmatídos | τοῖν κληματῐ́δοιν toîn klēmatídoin | τῶν κληματῐ́δων tôn klēmatídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κληματῐ́δῐ têi klēmatídi | τοῖν κληματῐ́δοιν toîn klēmatídoin | ταῖς κληματῐ́σῐ / κληματῐ́σῐν taîs klēmatísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κληματῐ́δᾰ tḕn klēmatída | τὼ κληματῐ́δε tṑ klēmatíde | τᾱ̀ς κληματῐ́δᾰς tā̀s klēmatídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κληματῐ́ς klēmatís | κληματῐ́δε klēmatíde | κληματῐ́δες klēmatídes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: clēmatis
- → Translingual: Clematis
Further reading
- “κληματίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κληματίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κληματίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette