βαλσαμίνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam-tree”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bal.sa.mí.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bal.saˈmi.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βal.saˈmi.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /val.saˈmi.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /val.saˈmi.ni/
Noun
βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νη • (bălsămĭ́nē) f (genitive βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νης); first declension
- oxeye (Anacyclus radiatus)
- Synonym: βούφθᾰλμον (boúphthălmon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νη hē bălsămĭ́nē |
τὼ βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νᾱ tṑ bălsămĭ́nā |
αἱ βᾰλσᾰμῐ́ναι hai bălsămĭ́nai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νης tês bălsămĭ́nēs |
τοῖν βᾰλσᾰμῐ́ναιν toîn bălsămĭ́nain |
τῶν βᾰλσᾰμῐνῶν tôn bălsămĭnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νῃ tēî bălsămĭ́nēi |
τοῖν βᾰλσᾰμῐ́ναιν toîn bălsămĭ́nain |
ταῖς βᾰλσᾰμῐ́ναις taîs bălsămĭ́nais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νην tḕn bălsămĭ́nēn |
τὼ βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νᾱ tṑ bălsămĭ́nā |
τᾱ̀ς βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νᾱς tā̀s bălsămĭ́nās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νη bălsămĭ́nē |
βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νᾱ bălsămĭ́nā |
βᾰλσᾰμῐ́ναι bălsămĭ́nai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Balsamina
Further reading
- “βαλσαμίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βαλσαμίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βαλσαμίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)