τηλίνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Feminine form of τήλινος (tḗlinos, “of fenugreek”), from τῆλις (têlis, “fenugreek”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tɛː.lí.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /te̝ˈli.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tiˈli.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tiˈli.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tiˈli.ni/
Noun
τηλῐ́νη • (tēlĭ́nē) f (genitive τηλῐ́νης); first declension
- moon trefoil (Medicago arborea)
- Synonym: κύτισος (kútisos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τηλῐ́νη hē tēlĭ́nē |
τὼ τηλῐ́νᾱ tṑ tēlĭ́nā |
αἱ τηλῐ́ναι hai tēlĭ́nai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τηλῐ́νης tês tēlĭ́nēs |
τοῖν τηλῐ́ναιν toîn tēlĭ́nain |
τῶν τηλῐνῶν tôn tēlĭnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τηλῐ́νῃ tēî tēlĭ́nēi |
τοῖν τηλῐ́ναιν toîn tēlĭ́nain |
ταῖς τηλῐ́ναις taîs tēlĭ́nais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τηλῐ́νην tḕn tēlĭ́nēn |
τὼ τηλῐ́νᾱ tṑ tēlĭ́nā |
τᾱ̀ς τηλῐ́νᾱς tā̀s tēlĭ́nās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τηλῐ́νη tēlĭ́nē |
τηλῐ́νᾱ tēlĭ́nā |
τηλῐ́ναι tēlĭ́nai | ||||||||||
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References
- “τηλίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τηλίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette