κληματίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλῆμα (klêma, “twig, branch”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κληματῐ́ς • (klēmatĭ́s) f (genitive κληματῐ́δος); third declension

  1. vine branch
  2. (in the plural) brushwood, faggots
  3. periwinkle (Vinca herbacea)
  4. traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba)
    Synonym: ἀθραγένη (athragénē)
  5. bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κληματῐ́ς; τῆς κληματῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κληματῐ́ς
hē klēmatĭ́s 		τὼ κληματῐ́δε
tṑ klēmatĭ́de 		αἱ κληματῐ́δες
hai klēmatĭ́des
Genitive τῆς κληματῐ́δος
tês klēmatĭ́dos 		τοῖν κληματῐ́δοιν
toîn klēmatĭ́doin 		τῶν κληματῐ́δων
tôn klēmatĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ κληματῐ́δῐ
tēî klēmatĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν κληματῐ́δοιν
toîn klēmatĭ́doin 		ταῖς κληματῐ́σῐ / κληματῐ́σῐν
taîs klēmatĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν κληματῐ́δᾰ
tḕn klēmatĭ́dă 		τὼ κληματῐ́δε
tṑ klēmatĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς κληματῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s klēmatĭ́dăs
Vocative κληματῐ́ς
klēmatĭ́s 		κληματῐ́δε
klēmatĭ́de 		κληματῐ́δες
klēmatĭ́des
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.

Descendants

  • → Latin: clēmatis (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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