Ἀμαρυλλίς

See also: αμαρυλλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from ἀμαρύσσω (amarússō, “sparkle, twinkle”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́ς • (Amărŭllĭ́s) f (genitive Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́δος); third declension

  1. Amaryllis

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́ς; τῆς Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́ς
hē Amărŭllĭ́s
Genitive τῆς Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́δος
tês Amărŭllĭ́dos
Dative τῇ Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́δῐ
tēî Amărŭllĭ́dĭ
Accusative τὴν Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Amărŭllĭ́dă
Vocative Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́ς
Amărŭllĭ́s
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

  • Greek: αμαρυλλίδα (amaryllída), αμαρυλλίς (amaryllís)
  • → Latin: Amaryllis

References

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