μέρμις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to γέλγῑς (gélgīs), δέλλῑς (déllīs) and ὄρνῑς (órnīs). Cognates have been supposed in μηρύω (mērúō, “to wind up”) as well as in βρόχος (brókhos, “noose”) and μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”). The word may be of Pre-Greek origin and related to μήρινθος (mḗrinthos, “fishing line”) and μῆριγξ (mêrinx, “bristle, hair”) but compare Latvian mer̂ga, Proto-Slavic *merža (“net”), and possibly Lithuanian márška (“fishing net”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μέρμῑς • (mérmīs) f (genitive μέρμῑθος); third declension

  1. cord, string, rope

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μέρμῑς; τῆς μέρμῑθος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μέρμῑς
hē mérmīs 		τὼ μέρμῑθε
tṑ mérmīthe 		αἱ μέρμῑθες
hai mérmīthes
Genitive τῆς μέρμῑθος
tês mérmīthos 		τοῖν μερμῑ́θοιν
toîn mermī́thoin 		τῶν μερμῑ́θων
tôn mermī́thōn
Dative τῇ μέρμῑθῐ
tēî mérmīthĭ 		τοῖν μερμῑ́θοιν
toîn mermī́thoin 		ταῖς μέρμῑσῐ / μέρμῑσῐν
taîs mérmīsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν μέρμῑθᾰ
tḕn mérmīthă 		τὼ μέρμῑθε
tṑ mérmīthe 		τᾱ̀ς μέρμῑθᾰς
tā̀s mérmīthăs
Vocative μέρμῑς
mérmīs 		μέρμῑθε
mérmīthe 		μέρμῑθες
mérmīthes
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 *-tʰs.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Mermis

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2084”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2084

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