βλεφαρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλέφαρον (blépharon, “eyelid”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βλεφᾰρῐ́ς • (blephărĭ́s) f (genitive βλεφᾰρῐ́δος); third declension

  1. (mostly in the plural) eyelash

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ βλεφᾰρῐ́ς; τῆς βλεφᾰρῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βλεφᾰρῐ́ς
hē blephărĭ́s 		τὼ βλεφᾰρῐ́δε
tṑ blephărĭ́de 		αἱ βλεφᾰρῐ́δες
hai blephărĭ́des
Genitive τῆς βλεφᾰρῐ́δος
tês blephărĭ́dos 		τοῖν βλεφᾰρῐ́δοιν
toîn blephărĭ́doin 		τῶν βλεφᾰρῐ́δων
tôn blephărĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ βλεφᾰρῐ́δῐ
tēî blephărĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν βλεφᾰρῐ́δοιν
toîn blephărĭ́doin 		ταῖς βλεφᾰρῐ́σῐ / βλεφᾰρῐ́σῐν
taîs blephărĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν βλεφᾰρῐ́δᾰ
tḕn blephărĭ́dă 		τὼ βλεφᾰρῐ́δε
tṑ blephărĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς βλεφᾰρῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s blephărĭ́dăs
Vocative βλεφᾰρῐ́ς
blephărĭ́s 		βλεφᾰρῐ́δε
blephărĭ́de 		βλεφᾰρῐ́δες
blephărĭ́des
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.

Descendants

  • Greek: βλεφαρίδα (vlefarída)

References

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