ὀσμύλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ὄσμῠλος (ósmŭlos)

Etymology

From ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell, odour”), with a suffix found also in κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀσμῠ́λη • (osmŭ́lē) f (genitive ὀσμῠ́λης); first declension

  1. curled octopus, a kind of octopus of the species Eledone cirrhosa

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀσμῠ́λη; τῆς ὀσμῠ́λης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὀσμῠ́λη
hē osmŭ́lē 		τὼ ὀσμῠ́λᾱ
tṑ osmŭ́lā 		αἱ ὀσμῠ́λαι
hai osmŭ́lai
Genitive τῆς ὀσμῠ́λης
tês osmŭ́lēs 		τοῖν ὀσμῠ́λαιν
toîn osmŭ́lain 		τῶν ὀσμῠλῶν
tôn osmŭlôn
Dative τῇ ὀσμῠ́λῃ
tēî osmŭ́lēi 		τοῖν ὀσμῠ́λαιν
toîn osmŭ́lain 		ταῖς ὀσμῠ́λαις
taîs osmŭ́lais
Accusative τὴν ὀσμῠ́λην
tḕn osmŭ́lēn 		τὼ ὀσμῠ́λᾱ
tṑ osmŭ́lā 		τᾱ̀ς ὀσμῠ́λᾱς
tā̀s osmŭ́lās
Vocative ὀσμῠ́λη
osmŭ́lē 		ὀσμῠ́λᾱ
osmŭ́lā 		ὀσμῠ́λαι
osmŭ́lai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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