ἀργυρῖτις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”) + -ῖτις (-îtis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar.ɡy.rîː.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ar.ɡyˈri.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ar.ʝyˈri.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ar.ʝyˈri.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ar.ʝiˈri.tis/
Noun
ἀργῠρῖτῐς • (argŭrîtĭs) f (genitive ἀργῠρῑ́τῐδος); third declension
- silver ore
- mercury (Mercurialis annua)
- Synonym: λινόζωστις (linózōstis)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀργῠρῖτῐς hē argŭrîtĭs |
τὼ ἀργῠρῑ́τῐδε tṑ argŭrī́tĭde |
αἱ ἀργῠρῑ́τῐδες hai argŭrī́tĭdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀργῠρῑ́τῐδος tês argŭrī́tĭdos |
τοῖν ἀργῠρῑτῐ́δοιν toîn argŭrītĭ́doin |
τῶν ἀργῠρῑτῐ́δων tôn argŭrītĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀργῠρῑ́τῐδῐ tēî argŭrī́tĭdĭ |
τοῖν ἀργῠρῑτῐ́δοιν toîn argŭrītĭ́doin |
ταῖς ἀργῠρῑ́τῐσῐ / ἀργῠρῑ́τῐσῐν taîs argŭrī́tĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀργῠρῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn argŭrī́tĭdă |
τὼ ἀργῠρῑ́τῐδε tṑ argŭrī́tĭde |
τᾱ̀ς ἀργῠρῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s argŭrī́tĭdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀργῠρῖτῐς argŭrîtĭs |
ἀργῠρῑ́τῐδε argŭrī́tĭde |
ἀργῠρῑ́τῐδες argŭrī́tĭdes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Argyritis
Further reading
- “ἀργυρῖτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀργυρῖτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀργυρῖτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)