ὀξαλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from ὄξος (óxos, “poor wine, vinegar”) or ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, pointed”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀξᾰλῐ́ς • (oxălĭ́s) f (genitive ὀξᾰλῐ́δος); third declension

  1. sour wine
  2. garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ὀξᾰλῐ́ς; τῆς ὀξᾰλῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὀξᾰλῐ́ς
hē oxălĭ́s 		τὼ ὀξᾰλῐ́δε
tṑ oxălĭ́de 		αἱ ὀξᾰλῐ́δες
hai oxălĭ́des
Genitive τῆς ὀξᾰλῐ́δος
tês oxălĭ́dos 		τοῖν ὀξᾰλῐ́δοιν
toîn oxălĭ́doin 		τῶν ὀξᾰλῐ́δων
tôn oxălĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ ὀξᾰλῐ́δῐ
tēî oxălĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν ὀξᾰλῐ́δοιν
toîn oxălĭ́doin 		ταῖς ὀξᾰλῐ́σῐ / ὀξᾰλῐ́σῐν
taîs oxălĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ὀξᾰλῐ́δᾰ
tḕn oxălĭ́dă 		τὼ ὀξᾰλῐ́δε
tṑ oxălĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς ὀξᾰλῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s oxălĭ́dăs
Vocative ὀξᾰλῐ́ς
oxălĭ́s 		ὀξᾰλῐ́δε
oxălĭ́de 		ὀξᾰλῐ́δες
oxălĭ́des
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: οξαλίδα (oxalída)
  • → Latin: oxalis

Further reading

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