σμάραγδος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from a Semitic language, related to Hebrew בָּרֶקֶת (baréket, “emerald, flashing gem”), Akkadian 𒄭𒄭 (barāqum, literally “shining”), Arabic بَرْق (barq, “lightning, flashing, shining, dazzling”) and loanwords of Semitic origin such as Sanskrit मरकत (marakata), Persian زمرد (zomorrod) and Old Armenian զմրուխտ (zmruxt).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σμᾰ́ραγδος • (smắragdos) f (genitive σμᾰράγδου); second declension

  1. emerald
    • 161 CE – 180 CE, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.15:
      “Ὅ τι ἄν τις ποιῇ ἢ λέγῃ, ἐμὲ δεῖ σμάραγδον εἶναι καὶ τὸ ἐμαυτοῦ χρῶμα ἔχειν.”
      “Hó ti án tis poiēî ḕ légēi, emè deî smáragdon eînai kaì tò emautoû khrôma ékhein.”
      “Whatever any one shall do or say, I cannot but be an emerald and keep my colour.”

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ σμᾰ́ραγδος; τῆς σμᾰράγδου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σμᾰ́ραγδος
hē smắragdos 		τὼ σμᾰράγδω
tṑ smărágdō 		αἱ σμᾰ́ραγδοι
hai smắragdoi
Genitive τῆς σμᾰράγδου
tês smărágdou 		τοῖν σμᾰράγδοιν
toîn smărágdoin 		τῶν σμᾰράγδων
tôn smărágdōn
Dative τῇ σμᾰράγδῳ
tēî smărágdōi 		τοῖν σμᾰράγδοιν
toîn smărágdoin 		ταῖς σμᾰράγδοις
taîs smărágdois
Accusative τὴν σμᾰ́ραγδον
tḕn smắragdon 		τὼ σμᾰράγδω
tṑ smărágdō 		τᾱ̀ς σμᾰράγδους
tā̀s smărágdous
Vocative σμᾰ́ραγδε
smắragde 		σμᾰράγδω
smărágdō 		σμᾰ́ραγδοι
smắragdoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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