ἁμαμηλίς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ᾰ̓μόμηλῐς (amómēlis)
Etymology
ᾰ̔́μᾰ (háma, “at the same time [with]”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) = “[which blossoms] at the same time [as the] apple [tree]”
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ha.ma.mɛː.lís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)a.ma.me̝ˈlis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ma.miˈlis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ma.miˈlis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ma.miˈlis/
Noun
ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς • (hamamēlís) f (genitive ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δος); third declension
- a tree with fruit like the pear, a kind of medlar (Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus) or service tree (Sorbus)
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς; τῆς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς hē hamamēlís | τὼ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δε tṑ hamamēlíde | αἱ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δες hai hamamēlídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δος tês hamamēlídos | τοῖν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δοιν toîn hamamēlídoin | τῶν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δων tôn hamamēlídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δῐ têi hamamēlídi | τοῖν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δοιν toîn hamamēlídoin | ταῖς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́σῐ / ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́σῐν taîs hamamēlísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δᾰ tḕn hamamēlída | τὼ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δε tṑ hamamēlíde | τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s hamamēlídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς hamamēlís | ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δε hamamēlíde | ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δες hamamēlídes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Translingual: Hamamelis
References
- “ἁμᾰμηλίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἁμαμηλίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἁμαμηλίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)