δροσόλιθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δρόσος (drósos, “dew”) +‎ λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dro.só.li.tʰos/ → /ðroˈso.li.θos/ → /ðroˈso.li.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dro.só.li.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /droˈso.li.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðroˈso.li.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðroˈso.li.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðroˈso.li.θos/

Noun

δροσόλῐθος • (drosólĭthos) m (genitive δροσολῐ́θου); second declension

1. kind of gem

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δροσόλῐθος; τοῦ δροσολῐ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δροσόλῐθος ho drosólĭthos	τὼ δροσολῐ́θω tṑ drosolĭ́thō	οἱ δροσόλῐθοι hoi drosólĭthoi
Genitive	τοῦ δροσολῐ́θου toû drosolĭ́thou	τοῖν δροσολῐ́θοιν toîn drosolĭ́thoin	τῶν δροσολῐ́θων tôn drosolĭ́thōn
Dative	τῷ δροσολῐ́θῳ tôi drosolĭ́thōi	τοῖν δροσολῐ́θοιν toîn drosolĭ́thoin	τοῖς δροσολῐ́θοις toîs drosolĭ́thois
Accusative	τὸν δροσόλῐθον tòn drosólĭthon	τὼ δροσολῐ́θω tṑ drosolĭ́thō	τοὺς δροσολῐ́θους toùs drosolĭ́thous
Vocative	δροσόλῐθε drosólĭthe	δροσολῐ́θω drosolĭ́thō	δροσόλῐθοι drosólĭthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: drosolithus

Further reading

• “δροσόλιθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δροσόλιθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δροσόλιθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)