γλωσσίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue”) +‎ -ις (-is, feminine noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γλωσσῐ́ς • (glōssĭ́s) f (genitive γλωσσῐ́δος); third declension

  1. (anatomy) mouth of the windpipe; glottis
  2. (music) mouthpiece of a wind instrument, in which the reed was inserted
  3. wryneck, corncrake, landrail
    Synonym: ῐ̓́ῠγξ (ĭ́ŭnx)
  4. shoelace, latchet
  5. (in the plural, medicine) inflammation of the tongue

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ γλωσσῐ́ς; τῆς γλωσσῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ γλωσσῐ́ς
hē glōssĭ́s 		τὼ γλωσσῐ́δε
tṑ glōssĭ́de 		αἱ γλωσσῐ́δες
hai glōssĭ́des
Genitive τῆς γλωσσῐ́δος
tês glōssĭ́dos 		τοῖν γλωσσῐ́δοιν
toîn glōssĭ́doin 		τῶν γλωσσῐ́δων
tôn glōssĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ γλωσσῐ́δῐ
tēî glōssĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν γλωσσῐ́δοιν
toîn glōssĭ́doin 		ταῖς γλωσσῐ́σῐ / γλωσσῐ́σῐν
taîs glōssĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν γλωσσῐ́δᾰ
tḕn glōssĭ́dă 		τὼ γλωσσῐ́δε
tṑ glōssĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς γλωσσῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s glōssĭ́dăs
Vocative γλωσσῐ́ς
glōssĭ́s 		γλωσσῐ́δε
glōssĭ́de 		γλωσσῐ́δες
glōssĭ́des
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.

Derived terms

  • γλωσσῐ́δῐον (glōssĭ́dĭon, diminutive)

References

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