πιμελή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pīmós, from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πίων (píōn, “fat, rich”), Latin pinguis (“fat, plump”) and Proto-Germanic *faitaz (“fat”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πῑμελή • (pīmelḗ) f (genitive πῑμελῆς); first declension

  1. soft fat, lard (opposed to στέαρ (stéar, “hard fat”))

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πῑμελή; τῆς πῑμελῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πῑμελή
hē pīmelḗ 		τὼ πῑμελᾱ́
tṑ pīmelā́ 		αἱ πῑμελαί
hai pīmelaí
Genitive τῆς πῑμελῆς
tês pīmelês 		τοῖν πῑμελαῖν
toîn pīmelaîn 		τῶν πῑμελῶν
tôn pīmelôn
Dative τῇ πῑμελῇ
tēî pīmelēî 		τοῖν πῑμελαῖν
toîn pīmelaîn 		ταῖς πῑμελαῖς
taîs pīmelaîs
Accusative τὴν πῑμελήν
tḕn pīmelḗn 		τὼ πῑμελᾱ́
tṑ pīmelā́ 		τᾱ̀ς πῑμελᾱ́ς
tā̀s pīmelā́s
Vocative πῑμελή
pīmelḗ 		πῑμελᾱ́
pīmelā́ 		πῑμελαί
pīmelaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • πῑμελής (pīmelḗs)
  • πῑμελώδης (pīmelṓdēs)

Further reading

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