ὀσμύλη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ὄσμῠλος (ósmulos)
Etymology
From ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell, odour”), with a suffix found also in κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /oz.mý.lɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ozˈmy.le̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ozˈmy.li/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ozˈmy.li/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ozˈmi.li/
Noun
ὀσμῠ́λη • (osmúlē) f (genitive ὀσμῠ́λης); first declension
- kind of octopus (Eledone cirrhosa)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ὀσμῠ́λη; τῆς ὀσμῠ́λης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὀσμῠ́λη hē osmúlē | τὼ ὀσμῠ́λᾱ tṑ osmúlā | αἱ ὀσμῠ́λαι hai osmúlai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὀσμῠ́λης tês osmúlēs | τοῖν ὀσμῠ́λαιν toîn osmúlain | τῶν ὀσμῠλῶν tôn osmulôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὀσμῠ́λῃ têi osmúlēi | τοῖν ὀσμῠ́λαιν toîn osmúlain | ταῖς ὀσμῠ́λαις taîs osmúlais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὀσμῠ́λην tḕn osmúlēn | τὼ ὀσμῠ́λᾱ tṑ osmúlā | τᾱ̀ς ὀσμῠ́λᾱς tā̀s osmúlās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀσμῠ́λη osmúlē | ὀσμῠ́λᾱ osmúlā | ὀσμῠ́λαι osmúlai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὀσμύλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀσμύλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette