ῥάμνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word may belong with ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod, wand”) and cognates. According to Beekes, it is quite probably a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥᾰ́μνος • (rhắmnos) f (genitive ῥᾰ́μνου); second declension

  1. a thorny bush or shrub
  2. (botany) boxthorn (Lycium europaeum)
  3. (botany) stone buckthorn (Rhamnus graeca, now Rhamnus lycioides subsp. graeca)
  4. (botany) black buckthorn (Rhamnus oleoides, now Rhamnus lycioides subsp. oleoides)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ῥᾰ́μνος; τῆς ῥᾰ́μνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῥᾰ́μνος
hē rhắmnos 		τὼ ῥᾰ́μνω
tṑ rhắmnō 		αἱ ῥᾰ́μνοι
hai rhắmnoi
Genitive τῆς ῥᾰ́μνου
tês rhắmnou 		τοῖν ῥᾰ́μνοιν
toîn rhắmnoin 		τῶν ῥᾰ́μνων
tôn rhắmnōn
Dative τῇ ῥᾰ́μνῳ
tēî rhắmnōi 		τοῖν ῥᾰ́μνοιν
toîn rhắmnoin 		ταῖς ῥᾰ́μνοις
taîs rhắmnois
Accusative τὴν ῥᾰ́μνον
tḕn rhắmnon 		τὼ ῥᾰ́μνω
tṑ rhắmnō 		τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰ́μνους
tā̀s rhắmnous
Vocative ῥᾰ́μνε
rhắmne 		ῥᾰ́μνω
rhắmnō 		ῥᾰ́μνοι
rhắmnoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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