καλαμάγρωστις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”) + ἄγρωστις (ágrōstis, “quackgrass”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.la.má.ɡrɔːs.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.laˈma.ɡros.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.laˈma.ɣros.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.laˈma.ɣros.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.laˈma.ɣros.tis/
Noun
κᾰλᾰμᾰ́γρωστῐς • (kălămắgrōstĭs) f (genitive κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰλᾰμᾰ́γρωστῐς hē kălămắgrōstĭs |
τὼ κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστει tṑ kălămăgrṓstei |
αἱ κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεις hai kălămăgrṓsteis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεως tês kălămăgrṓsteōs |
τοῖν κᾰλᾰμᾰγρωστέοιν toîn kălămăgrōstéoin |
τῶν κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεων tôn kălămăgrṓsteōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστει tēî kălămăgrṓstei |
τοῖν κᾰλᾰμᾰγρωστέοιν toîn kălămăgrōstéoin |
ταῖς κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεσῐ / κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεσῐν taîs kălămăgrṓstesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰλᾰμᾰ́γρωστῐν tḕn kălămắgrōstĭn |
τὼ κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστει tṑ kălămăgrṓstei |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεις tā̀s kălămăgrṓsteis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰλᾰμᾰ́γρωστῐ kălămắgrōstĭ |
κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστει kălămăgrṓstei |
κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεις kălămăgrṓsteis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Calamagrostis
References
- “καλαμάγρωστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- καλαμάγρωστις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette