θυμελαία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θύμον (thúmon, “thyme”) + ἐλαία (elaía, “olive tree”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰy.me.lǎi̯.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰy.meˈlɛ.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θy.meˈlɛ.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θy.meˈle.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θi.meˈle.a/
Noun
θῠμελαίᾱ • (thŭmelaíā) f (genitive θῠμελαίᾱς); first declension
- flax-leaved daphne (Daphne gnidium)
- Synonym: κνέωρον (knéōron)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ θῠμελαίᾱ hē thŭmelaíā |
τὼ θῠμελαίᾱ tṑ thŭmelaíā |
αἱ θῠμελαῖαι hai thŭmelaîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς θῠμελαίᾱς tês thŭmelaíās |
τοῖν θῠμελαίαιν toîn thŭmelaíain |
τῶν θῠμελαιῶν tôn thŭmelaiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ θῠμελαίᾳ tēî thŭmelaíāi |
τοῖν θῠμελαίαιν toîn thŭmelaíain |
ταῖς θῠμελαίαις taîs thŭmelaíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν θῠμελαίᾱν tḕn thŭmelaíān |
τὼ θῠμελαίᾱ tṑ thŭmelaíā |
τᾱ̀ς θῠμελαίᾱς tā̀s thŭmelaíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θῠμελαίᾱ thŭmelaíā |
θῠμελαίᾱ thŭmelaíā |
θῠμελαῖαι thŭmelaîai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “θυμελαία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θυμελαία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette