Πάλμυς

See also: πάλμυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πάλμυς (pálmus, “Lydian king or chief”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pál.mys/ → /ˈpal.mys/ → /ˈpal.mis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pál.mys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.mys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.mys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.mys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.mis/

Proper noun

Πᾰ́λμῠς • (Pálmus) m (genitive Πᾰ́λμῠος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Palmys, a Trojan chief

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πᾰ́λμῠς; τοῦ Πᾰ́λμῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πᾰ́λμῠς ho Pálmus
Genitive	τοῦ Πᾰ́λμῠος toû Pálmuos
Dative	τῷ Πᾰ́λμῠῐ̈ / Πᾰ́λμυι tôi Pálmuï / Pálmui
Accusative	τὸν Πᾰ́λμῠν tòn Pálmun
Vocative	Πᾰ́λμῠ Pálmu
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Palmys

Further reading

• “Παλμύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Πάλμυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette