Σαλαμίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σαλαμίν (Salamín)

Etymology

From ἅλς (háls) +‎ -αμίς (-amís, “the middle”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.la.mǐːs/ → /sa.laˈmis/ → /sa.laˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.la.mǐːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sa.laˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sa.laˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sa.laˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sa.laˈmis/

Proper noun

Σᾰλᾰμῑ́ς • (Sălămī́s) f (genitive Σᾰλᾰμῖνος); third declension

1. Salamis, a Greek island between Athens and Megara.
2. Salamis, a city on Cyprus founded by Teucer of Salamis, the island.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Σᾰλᾰμῑ́ς; τῆς Σᾰλᾰμῖνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σᾰλᾰμῑ́ς hē Sălămī́s
Genitive	τῆς Σᾰλᾰμῖνος tês Sălămînos
Dative	τῇ Σᾰλᾰμῖνῐ têi Sălămînĭ
Accusative	τὴν Σᾰλᾰμῖνᾰ tḕn Sălămînă
Vocative	Σᾰλᾰμῑ́ς Sălămī́s
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σᾰλᾰμῑνᾰφέτης (Sălămīnăphétēs)
• Σᾰλᾰμῑνῐᾰ́ς (Sălămīnĭắs)
• Σᾰλᾰμῑ́νῐος (Sălămī́nĭos)
• Σᾰλᾰμῑνῐ́ᾱ (Sălămīnĭ́ā)

Descendants

• Greek: Σαλαμίνα (Salamína)
• Latin: Salamīs

References

• “Σαλαμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4529 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024