γλωσσοπέτρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”) +‎ πέτρᾱ (pétrā, “stone”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γλωσσοπέτρᾱ • (glōssopétrā) f (genitive γλωσσοπέτρᾱς); first declension

  1. kind of precious stone resembling a human tongue

Declension

First declension of ἡ γλωσσοπέτρᾱ; τῆς γλωσσοπέτρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ γλωσσοπέτρᾱ
hē glōssopétrā 		τὼ γλωσσοπέτρᾱ
tṑ glōssopétrā 		αἱ γλωσσοπέτραι
hai glōssopétrai
Genitive τῆς γλωσσοπέτρᾱς
tês glōssopétrās 		τοῖν γλωσσοπέτραιν
toîn glōssopétrain 		τῶν γλωσσοπετρῶν
tôn glōssopetrôn
Dative τῇ γλωσσοπέτρᾳ
tēî glōssopétrāi 		τοῖν γλωσσοπέτραιν
toîn glōssopétrain 		ταῖς γλωσσοπέτραις
taîs glōssopétrais
Accusative τὴν γλωσσοπέτρᾱν
tḕn glōssopétrān 		τὼ γλωσσοπέτρᾱ
tṑ glōssopétrā 		τᾱ̀ς γλωσσοπέτρᾱς
tā̀s glōssopétrās
Vocative γλωσσοπέτρᾱ
glōssopétrā 		γλωσσοπέτρᾱ
glōssopétrā 		γλωσσοπέτραι
glōssopétrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: glōssopetra

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