Πλημμύριον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Πλημῡ́ρῐον (Plēmū́rĭon)
Etymology
From πλήμμῡρᾰ (plḗmmūră), πλήμῡρᾰ (plḗmūră, “flood-tide, flood”) + -ῐον (-ĭon).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plɛːm.my̌ː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ple̝mˈmy.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /plimˈmy.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /plimˈmy.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pliˈmi.ri.on/
Proper noun
Πλημμῡ́ρῐον • (Plēmmū́rĭon) n (genitive Πλημμῡρῐ́ου); second declension
- Plemmyrium
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ Πλημμῡ́ρῐον tò Plēmmū́rĭon | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Πλημμῡρῐ́ου toû Plēmmūrĭ́ou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Πλημμῡρῐ́ῳ tōî Plēmmūrĭ́ōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ Πλημμῡ́ρῐον tò Plēmmū́rĭon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πλημμῡ́ρῐον Plēmmū́rĭon | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Πλημμύριο (Plimmýrio)
- Latin: Plēmmȳrium
- English: Plemmyrium
- Italian: Plemmirio
- Sicilian: Plimmìriu
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
- Πλημμύριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette