ἅλμη

See also: άλμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅλς (háls, “salt”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἅλμη • (hálmē) f (genitive ἅλμης); first declension

  1. seawater, brine
  2. spray that has dried on the skin
  3. salt incrustation on soil
  4. saltwater, brine used for pickling
  5. saltness, as a bad quality in soil

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἅλμη; τῆς ἅλμης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἅλμη
hē hálmē 		τὼ ἅλμᾱ
tṑ hálmā 		αἱ ἅλμαι
hai hálmai
Genitive τῆς ἅλμης
tês hálmēs 		τοῖν ἅλμαιν
toîn hálmain 		τῶν ἁλμῶν
tôn halmôn
Dative τῇ ἅλμῃ
tēî hálmēi 		τοῖν ἅλμαιν
toîn hálmain 		ταῖς ἅλμαις
taîs hálmais
Accusative τὴν ἅλμην
tḕn hálmēn 		τὼ ἅλμᾱ
tṑ hálmā 		τᾱ̀ς ἅλμᾱς
tā̀s hálmās
Vocative ἅλμη
hálmē 		ἅλμᾱ
hálmā 		ἅλμαι
hálmai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἁλμαίᾱ (halmaíā)
  • ἁλμᾰ́ς (halmắs)
  • ἅλμευσῐς (hálmeusĭs)
  • ἁλμευτής (halmeutḗs)
  • ἁλμεύω (halmeúō)
  • ἁλμήεις (halmḗeis)
  • ἅλμῐᾰ (hálmĭă)
  • ἁλμῐ́ζομαι (halmĭ́zomai)
  • ἁλμοποσῐ́ᾱ (halmoposĭ́ā)
  • ἁλμοπότῐς (halmopótĭs)
  • ἁλμῠρός (halmŭrós)
  • ἁλμώδης (halmṓdēs)
  • ὀξᾰ́λμη (oxắlmē)

Descendants

  • Greek: άλμη (álmi)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἅλς , ἁλός (> DER 1. ἅλμη)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 74-5

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