ἐβενῖτις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἔβενος (ébenos, “ebony”) + -ῖτις (-îtis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.be.nîː.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.beˈni.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.βeˈni.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.veˈni.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.veˈni.tis/
Noun
ἐβενῖτῐς • (ebenîtĭs) f (genitive ἐβενῑ́τῐδος); third declension
- felty germander (Teucrium polium)
- Synonyms: ἀχαιμενῐ́ς (akhaimenĭ́s), πόλῐον (pólĭon), τεύθρῐον (teúthrĭon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐβενῖτῐς hē ebenîtĭs |
τὼ ἐβενῑ́τῐδε tṑ ebenī́tĭde |
αἱ ἐβενῑ́τῐδες hai ebenī́tĭdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐβενῑ́τῐδος tês ebenī́tĭdos |
τοῖν ἐβενῑτῐ́δοιν toîn ebenītĭ́doin |
τῶν ἐβενῑτῐ́δων tôn ebenītĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐβενῑ́τῐδῐ tēî ebenī́tĭdĭ |
τοῖν ἐβενῑτῐ́δοιν toîn ebenītĭ́doin |
ταῖς ἐβενῑ́τῐσῐ / ἐβενῑ́τῐσῐν taîs ebenī́tĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐβενῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn ebenī́tĭdă |
τὼ ἐβενῑ́τῐδε tṑ ebenī́tĭde |
τᾱ̀ς ἐβενῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s ebenī́tĭdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐβενῖτῐς ebenîtĭs |
ἐβενῑ́τῐδε ebenī́tĭde |
ἐβενῑ́τῐδες ebenī́tĭdes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐβενῖτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐβενῖτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐβενῖτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)