ἅμιλλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the ending in "-ιλλ-" points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἅμιλλα • (hámilla) f (genitive ἁμίλλης); first declension

  1. competition, contest, trial
  2. face-off, confrontation, dispute
  3. struggle, fight, conflict
  4. sporting activity, game, race

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἅμιλλᾰ; τῆς ἁμίλλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἅμιλλᾰ
hē hámillă 		τὼ ἁμίλλᾱ
tṑ hamíllā 		αἱ ἅμιλλαι
hai hámillai
Genitive τῆς ἁμίλλης
tês hamíllēs 		τοῖν ἁμίλλαιν
toîn hamíllain 		τῶν ἁμιλλῶν
tôn hamillôn
Dative τῇ ἁμίλλῃ
tēî hamíllēi 		τοῖν ἁμίλλαιν
toîn hamíllain 		ταῖς ἁμίλλαις
taîs hamíllais
Accusative τὴν ἅμιλλᾰν
tḕn hámillăn 		τὼ ἁμίλλᾱ
tṑ hamíllā 		τᾱ̀ς ἁμίλλᾱς
tā̀s hamíllās
Vocative ἅμιλλᾰ
hámillă 		ἁμίλλᾱ
hamíllā 		ἅμιλλαι
hámillai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἁμιλλάομαι (hamilláomai)
  • ἁμίλλημα (hamíllēma)
  • ἁμιλλητήρ (hamillētḗr)
  • ἁμιλλητήριος (hamillētḗrios)
  • ἁμιλλητικός (hamillētikós)

Descendants

  • Greek: άμιλλα (ámilla)

Further reading

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