βαλλωτή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, it's probably from Pre-Greek and related to βαλαύστιον (balaústion, “flower of the pomegranate”), βάλαρις (bálaris) and βάλλις (bállis).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bal.lɔː.tɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bal.loˈte/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βal.loˈti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /val.loˈti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /va.loˈti/

Noun

βαλλωτή • (ballōtḗ) f (genitive βαλλωτῆς); first declension

black horehound (Ballota nigra)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βαλλωτή; τῆς βαλλωτῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βαλλωτή hē ballōtḗ	τὼ βαλλωτᾱ́ tṑ ballōtā́	αἱ βαλλωταί hai ballōtaí
Genitive	τῆς βαλλωτῆς tês ballōtês	τοῖν βαλλωταῖν toîn ballōtaîn	τῶν βαλλωτῶν tôn ballōtôn
Dative	τῇ βαλλωτῇ têi ballōtêi	τοῖν βαλλωταῖν toîn ballōtaîn	ταῖς βαλλωταῖς taîs ballōtaîs
Accusative	τὴν βαλλωτήν tḕn ballōtḗn	τὼ βαλλωτᾱ́ tṑ ballōtā́	τᾱ̀ς βαλλωτᾱ́ς tā̀s ballōtā́s
Vocative	βαλλωτή ballōtḗ	βαλλωτᾱ́ ballōtā́	βαλλωταί ballōtaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: ballotē
Translingual: Ballota