θρυαλλίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The suffix -ίς occurs mostly with plants and birds, so the word is probably Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰry.al.lís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰry.alˈlis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θry.alˈlis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θry.alˈlis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θri.aˈlis/
Noun
θρῠαλλίς • (thrŭallís) f (genitive θρῠαλλίδος); third declension
- plantain (Plantago crassifolia)
- wick made with this plant
- Synonym: ἐλλύχνιον (ellúkhnion)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ θρῠαλλῐ́ς hē thrŭallĭ́s |
τὼ θρῠαλλῐ́δε tṑ thrŭallĭ́de |
αἱ θρῠαλλῐ́δες hai thrŭallĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς θρῠαλλῐ́δος tês thrŭallĭ́dos |
τοῖν θρῠαλλῐ́δοιν toîn thrŭallĭ́doin |
τῶν θρῠαλλῐ́δων tôn thrŭallĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ θρῠαλλῐ́δῐ tēî thrŭallĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν θρῠαλλῐ́δοιν toîn thrŭallĭ́doin |
ταῖς θρῠαλλῐ́σῐ / θρῠαλλῐ́σῐν taîs thrŭallĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν θρῠαλλῐ́δᾰ tḕn thrŭallĭ́dă |
τὼ θρῠαλλῐ́δε tṑ thrŭallĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς θρῠαλλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s thrŭallĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θρῠαλλῐ́ς thrŭallĭ́s |
θρῠαλλῐ́δε thrŭallĭ́de |
θρῠαλλῐ́δες thrŭallĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- θρυαλλίδιον (thruallídion)
Further reading
- “θρυαλλίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θρυαλλίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN