ἁμαμηλίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ᾰ̓μόμηλῐς (amómēlis)

Etymology

ᾰ̔́μᾰ (háma, “at the same time [with]”) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) = “[which blossoms] at the same time [as the] apple [tree]”

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς • (hamamēlís) f (genitive ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δος); third declension

  1. a tree with fruit like the pear, a kind of medlar (Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus) or service tree (Sorbus)

Declension
Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς; τῆς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς
hē hamamēlís		 τὼ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δε
tṑ hamamēlíde		 αἱ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δες
hai hamamēlídes
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δος
tês hamamēlídos		 τοῖν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δοιν
toîn hamamēlídoin		 τῶν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δων
tôn hamamēlídōn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δῐ
têi hamamēlídi		 τοῖν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δοιν
toîn hamamēlídoin		 ταῖς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́σῐ / ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́σῐν
taîs hamamēlísi(n)
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δᾰ
tḕn hamamēlída		 τὼ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δε
tṑ hamamēlíde		 τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s hamamēlídas
Vocative ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς
hamamēlís		 ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δε
hamamēlíde		 ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δες
hamamēlídes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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