λέμνα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Given the presence of the cluster -μν- and the specific meaning of the noun, it could be a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λέμνᾰ • (lémnă) f (genitive λέμνης); first declension

  1. star grass (plant of the genus Callitriche)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λέμνᾰ; τῆς λέμνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ λέμνᾰ
hē lémnă 		τὼ λέμνᾱ
tṑ lémnā 		αἱ λέμναι
hai lémnai
Genitive τῆς λέμνης
tês lémnēs 		τοῖν λέμναιν
toîn lémnain 		τῶν λεμνῶν
tôn lemnôn
Dative τῇ λέμνῃ
tēî lémnēi 		τοῖν λέμναιν
toîn lémnain 		ταῖς λέμναις
taîs lémnais
Accusative τὴν λέμνᾰν
tḕn lémnăn 		τὼ λέμνᾱ
tṑ lémnā 		τᾱ̀ς λέμνᾱς
tā̀s lémnās
Vocative λέμνᾰ
lémnă 		λέμνᾱ
lémnā 		λέμναι
lémnai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Lemna

Further reading

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