ἅμιλλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the ending in "-ιλλ-" points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἅμιλλα • (hámilla) f (genitive ἁμίλλης); first declension

  1. competition, contest, trial
  2. face-off, confrontation, dispute
  3. struggle, fight, conflict
  4. sporting activity, game, race

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἅμιλλᾰ; τῆς ἁμίλλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἅμιλλᾰ
hē hámilla		 τὼ ἁμίλλᾱ
tṑ hamíllā		 αἱ ἅμιλλαι
hai hámillai
Genitive τῆς ἁμίλλης
tês hamíllēs		 τοῖν ἁμίλλαιν
toîn hamíllain		 τῶν ἁμιλλῶν
tôn hamillôn
Dative τῇ ἁμίλλῃ
têi hamíllēi		 τοῖν ἁμίλλαιν
toîn hamíllain		 ταῖς ἁμίλλαις
taîs hamíllais
Accusative τὴν ἅμιλλᾰν
tḕn hámillan		 τὼ ἁμίλλᾱ
tṑ hamíllā		 τᾱ̀ς ἁμίλλᾱς
tā̀s hamíllās
Vocative ἅμιλλᾰ
hámilla		 ἁμίλλᾱ
hamíllā		 ἅμιλλαι
hámillai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἁμιλλάομαι (hamilláomai)
  • ἁμίλλημα (hamíllēma)
  • ἁμιλλητήρ (hamillētḗr)
  • ἁμιλλητήριος (hamillētḗrios)
  • ἁμιλλητικός (hamillētikós)

Descendants

Further reading
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