πιμελή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πίων (píōn, “fat, rich”), Latin pinguis (“fat, plump”) and Proto-Germanic *faitaz (“fat”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pi.me.lɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pi.mɛˈle/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pi.meˈli/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pi.meˈli/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.meˈli/

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Noun

πιμελή • (pimelḗ) f (genitive πιμελῆς); first declension

soft fat, lard (opposed to στέαρ (stéar, “hard fat”))

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πιμελή; τῆς πιμελῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πιμελή hē pimelḗ	τὼ πιμελᾱ́ tṑ pimelā́	αἱ πιμελαί hai pimelaí
Genitive	τῆς πιμελῆς tês pimelês	τοῖν πιμελαῖν toîn pimelaîn	τῶν πιμελῶν tôn pimelôn
Dative	τῇ πιμελῇ têi pimelêi	τοῖν πιμελαῖν toîn pimelaîn	ταῖς πιμελαῖς taîs pimelaîs
Accusative	τὴν πιμελήν tḕn pimelḗn	τὼ πιμελᾱ́ tṑ pimelā́	τᾱ̀ς πιμελᾱ́ς tā̀s pimelā́s
Vocative	πιμελή pimelḗ	πιμελᾱ́ pimelā́	πιμελαί pimelaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πιμελής (pimelḗs)
πιμελώδης (pimelṓdēs)