ἀτρακτυλίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἀτρακτυλλίς (atraktullís), ἀτράκτῡλον (atráktūlon)

Etymology

From ἄτρακτος (átraktos, “spindle”), because this plant was used for making spindles.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́ς • (atrăktŭlĭ́s) f (genitive ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δος); third declension

  1. saffron thistle (Carthamus lanatus)
    Synonym: ἀσπῐ́δῐον (aspĭ́dĭon)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́ς; τῆς ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́ς
hē atrăktŭlĭ́s 		τὼ ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δε
tṑ atrăktŭlĭ́de 		αἱ ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δες
hai atrăktŭlĭ́des
Genitive τῆς ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δος
tês atrăktŭlĭ́dos 		τοῖν ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δοιν
toîn atrăktŭlĭ́doin 		τῶν ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δων
tôn atrăktŭlĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δῐ
tēî atrăktŭlĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δοιν
toîn atrăktŭlĭ́doin 		ταῖς ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́σῐ / ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́σῐν
taîs atrăktŭlĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δᾰ
tḕn atrăktŭlĭ́dă 		τὼ ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δε
tṑ atrăktŭlĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s atrăktŭlĭ́dăs
Vocative ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́ς
atrăktŭlĭ́s 		ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δε
atrăktŭlĭ́de 		ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δες
atrăktŭlĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • → Latin: atractylis
    • → Italian: atrattile
  • → Translingual: Atractylis

Further reading

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