σμίλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σμῖλα (smîla)

Etymology

The word has traditionally been connected with Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“smith”), and if related, then from a Proto-Indo-European *smī- (“to cut, hew”); however, this etymology is shaky. Alternatively, a Pre-Greek etymology is possible.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σμῑ́λη • (smī́lē) f (genitive σμῑ́λης); first declension

  1. a tool for cutting or carving: knife, chisel

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σμῑ́λη; τῆς σμῑ́λης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σμῑ́λη
hē smī́lē 		τὼ σμῑ́λᾱ
tṑ smī́lā 		αἱ σμῖλαι
hai smîlai
Genitive τῆς σμῑ́λης
tês smī́lēs 		τοῖν σμῑ́λαιν
toîn smī́lain 		τῶν σμῑλῶν
tôn smīlôn
Dative τῇ σμῑ́λῃ
tēî smī́lēi 		τοῖν σμῑ́λαιν
toîn smī́lain 		ταῖς σμῑ́λαις
taîs smī́lais
Accusative τὴν σμῑ́λην
tḕn smī́lēn 		τὼ σμῑ́λᾱ
tṑ smī́lā 		τᾱ̀ς σμῑ́λᾱς
tā̀s smī́lās
Vocative σμῑ́λη
smī́lē 		σμῑ́λᾱ
smī́lā 		σμῖλαι
smîlai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • σμιλάριον (smilárion)
  • σμιλεία (smileía)
  • σμίλευμα (smíleuma)
  • σμιλευτός (smileutós)
  • σμιλιγλύφος (smiliglúphos)
  • σμίλινος (smílinos)
  • σμίλιον (smílion)
  • σμιλιωτός (smiliōtós)

Descendants

  • → Aramaic: (“scalpel, shoe-knife”)
    Classical Syriac: ܙܡܝܻܠܝܳܐ (zmēlyā)
    Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܝܙܡܝܠ (/⁠*ʾizmēl⁠/)
    Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic: אִיזְמֵיל / אִיזְמֵל / אִזְמֵל (ʾizmēl), אוּזְמֵל (ʾuzmēl)
  • → Hebrew: אִזְמֵל (ʾizmēl, “scalpel”)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σμῑ́λη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1368

Further reading

  • “σμίλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • “ˀwzmyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • σμίλη, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Noun

σμίλη • (smíli) f (plural σμίλες)

  1. chisel
    Synonym: σκαρπέλο (skarpélo)

Declension

Declension of σμίλη
singular plural
nominative σμίλη (smíli) σμίλες (smíles)
genitive σμίλης (smílis) σμίλων (smílon)
accusative σμίλη (smíli) σμίλες (smíles)
vocative σμίλη (smíli) σμίλες (smíles)

The genitive σμιλών (smilón) is less common.

  • ασμίλευτος (asmíleftos, “unchiselled”, adjective)
  • σμιλεύω (smilévo, “to chisel”)

Further reading

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