καλαμίνθη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

καλάμινθᾰ (kalámintha), καλάμινθος (kaláminthos)

Etymology

Unknown. The formal agreement with *καλαμο-μίνθη (*kalamo-mínthē) does not permit a conclusion. A Pre-Greek word is most probable, because of the suffix and the meaning.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.la.mín.tʰɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmin.tʰe/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmin.θi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmin.θi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmin.θi/

Noun

κᾰλᾰμίνθη • (kalamínthē) f (genitive κᾰλᾰμίνθης); first declension

catmint (Nepeta cataria)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰλᾰμίνθη; τῆς κᾰλᾰμίνθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλᾰμίνθη hē kalamínthē	τὼ κᾰλᾰμίνθᾱ tṑ kalamínthā	αἱ κᾰλᾰμίνθαι hai kalamínthai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλᾰμίνθης tês kalamínthēs	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμίνθαιν toîn kalamínthain	τῶν κᾰλᾰμινθῶν tôn kalaminthôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλᾰμίνθῃ têi kalamínthēi	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμίνθαιν toîn kalamínthain	ταῖς κᾰλᾰμίνθαις taîs kalamínthais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλᾰμίνθην tḕn kalamínthēn	τὼ κᾰλᾰμίνθᾱ tṑ kalamínthā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰμίνθᾱς tā̀s kalamínthās
Vocative	κᾰλᾰμίνθη kalamínthē	κᾰλᾰμίνθᾱ kalamínthā	κᾰλᾰμίνθαι kalamínthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καλαμινθίνη (kalaminthínē)
Καλαμίνθιος (Kalamínthios)
καλαμινθίτης (kalaminthítēs)
καλαμινθώδης (kalaminthṓdēs)

Descendants

→ Latin: calaminthē
→ Translingual: Calamintha (now Clinopodium)

References

καλαμίνθη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
καλαμίνθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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