ὀξαλίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from ὄξος (óxos, “poor wine, vinegar”) or ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, pointed”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ok.sa.lís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ok.saˈlis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ok.saˈlis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ok.saˈlis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ok.saˈlis/
Noun
ὀξᾰλῐ́ς • (oxalís) f (genitive ὀξᾰλῐ́δος); third declension
- sour wine
- garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ὀξᾰλῐ́ς; τῆς ὀξᾰλῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὀξᾰλῐ́ς hē oxalís | τὼ ὀξᾰλῐ́δε tṑ oxalíde | αἱ ὀξᾰλῐ́δες hai oxalídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὀξᾰλῐ́δος tês oxalídos | τοῖν ὀξᾰλῐ́δοιν toîn oxalídoin | τῶν ὀξᾰλῐ́δων tôn oxalídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὀξᾰλῐ́δῐ têi oxalídi | ὀξᾰλῐ́δοιν oxalídoin | ταῖς ὀξᾰλῐ́σῐ / ὀξᾰλῐ́σῐν taîs oxalísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὀξᾰλῐ́δᾰ tḕn oxalída | ὀξᾰλῐ́δε oxalíde | τᾱ̀ς ὀξᾰλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s oxalídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀξᾰλῐ́ς oxalís | ὀξᾰλῐ́δε oxalíde | ὀξᾰλῐ́δες oxalídes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: oxalis
- → Translingual: Oxalis
Further reading
- ὀξαλίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀξαλίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette