βαλσαμίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam-tree”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bal.sa.mí.nɛː/ → /βal.saˈmi.ni/ → /val.saˈmi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bal.sa.mí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bal.saˈmi.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βal.saˈmi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /val.saˈmi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /val.saˈmi.ni/

Noun

βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νη • (balsamínē) f (genitive βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νης); first declension

1. oxeye (Anacyclus radiatus)

   Synonym: βούφθᾰλμον (boúphthalmon)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νη; τῆς βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νη hē balsamínē	τὼ βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νᾱ tṑ balsamínā	αἱ βᾰλσᾰμῐ́ναι hai balsamínai
Genitive	τῆς βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νης tês balsamínēs	τοῖν βᾰλσᾰμῐ́ναιν toîn balsamínain	τῶν βᾰλσᾰμῐνῶν tôn balsaminôn
Dative	τῇ βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νῃ têi balsamínēi	τοῖν βᾰλσᾰμῐ́ναιν toîn balsamínain	ταῖς βᾰλσᾰμῐ́ναις taîs balsamínais
Accusative	τὴν βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νην tḕn balsamínēn	τὼ βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νᾱ tṑ balsamínā	τᾱ̀ς βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νᾱς tā̀s balsamínās
Vocative	βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νη balsamínē	βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νᾱ balsamínā	βᾰλσᾰμῐ́ναι balsamínai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Balsamina

Further reading

• “βαλσαμίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βαλσαμίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βαλσαμίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)