ὀνῖτις

ὀνῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄνος (ónos, “donkey, ass”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.nîː.tis/ → /oˈni.tis/ → /oˈni.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.nîː.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈni.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈni.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈni.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈni.tis/

Noun

ὀνῖτῐς • (onîtis) f (genitive ὀνῑ́τῐδος); third declension

1. pot marjoram (Origanum onites)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ὀνῖτῐς; τῆς ὀνῑ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀνῖτῐς hē onîtis	τὼ ὀνῑ́τῐδε tṑ onī́tide	αἱ ὀνῑ́τῐδες hai onī́tides
Genitive	τῆς ὀνῑ́τῐδος tês onī́tidos	τοῖν ὀνῑτῐ́δοιν toîn onītídoin	τῶν ὀνῑτῐ́δων tôn onītídōn
Dative	τῇ ὀνῑ́τῐδῐ têi onī́tidi	ὀνῑτῐ́δοιν onītídoin	ταῖς ὀνῑ́τῐσῐ / ὀνῑ́τῐσῐν taîs onī́tisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ὀνῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn onī́tida	ὀνῑ́τῐδε onī́tide	τᾱ̀ς ὀνῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s onī́tidas
Vocative	ὀνῖτῐς onîtis	ὀνῑ́τῐδε onī́tide	ὀνῑ́τῐδες onī́tides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• ὀνῖτις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀνῖτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette