ἱερόμυρτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + μῠ́ρτος (mŭ́rtos, “myrtle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.e.ró.myr.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)i.eˈro.myr.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.eˈro.myr.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.eˈro.myr.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.eˈro.mir.tos/
Noun
ἱερόμῠρτος • (hierómŭrtos) f (genitive ἱερομῠ́ρτου); second declension
- butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)
- Synonyms: κεντρομῠρσῐ́νη (kentromŭrsĭ́nē), μυάκανθος (muákanthos), ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νη (oxŭmŭrsĭ́nē), χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νη (khămaimŭrsĭ́nē)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἱερόμῠρτος hē hierómŭrtos |
τὼ ἱερομῠ́ρτω tṑ hieromŭ́rtō |
αἱ ἱερόμῠρτοι hai hierómŭrtoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἱερομῠ́ρτου tês hieromŭ́rtou |
τοῖν ἱερομῠ́ρτοιν toîn hieromŭ́rtoin |
τῶν ἱερομῠ́ρτων tôn hieromŭ́rtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἱερομῠ́ρτῳ tēî hieromŭ́rtōi |
τοῖν ἱερομῠ́ρτοιν toîn hieromŭ́rtoin |
ταῖς ἱερομῠ́ρτοις taîs hieromŭ́rtois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἱερόμῠρτον tḕn hierómŭrton |
τὼ ἱερομῠ́ρτω tṑ hieromŭ́rtō |
τᾱ̀ς ἱερομῠ́ρτους tā̀s hieromŭ́rtous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἱερόμῠρτε hierómŭrte |
ἱερομῠ́ρτω hieromŭ́rtō |
ἱερόμῠρτοι hierómŭrtoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἱερόμυρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱερόμυρτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette