θηλυπτερίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θηλυπτέριον (thēluptérion)

Etymology

From θῆλυς (thêlus, “female”) +‎ πτέρις (ptéris, “fern”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.lyp.te.rís/ → /θi.lyp.teˈris/ → /θi.lip.teˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.lyp.te.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe̝.lyp.teˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θi.lyp.teˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θi.lyp.teˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.lip.teˈris/

Noun

θηλῠπτερῐ́ς • (thēlŭpterĭ́s) f (genitive θηλῠπτερῐ́δος); third declension

1. bracken (Pteris aquilina)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ θηλῠπτερῐ́ς; τῆς θηλῠπτερῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θηλῠπτερῐ́ς hē thēlŭpterĭ́s	τὼ θηλῠπτερῐ́δε tṑ thēlŭpterĭ́de	αἱ θηλῠπτερῐ́δες hai thēlŭpterĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς θηλῠπτερῐ́δος tês thēlŭpterĭ́dos	τοῖν θηλῠπτερῐ́δοιν toîn thēlŭpterĭ́doin	τῶν θηλῠπτερῐ́δων tôn thēlŭpterĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ θηλῠπτερῐ́δῐ têi thēlŭpterĭ́dĭ	τοῖν θηλῠπτερῐ́δοιν toîn thēlŭpterĭ́doin	ταῖς θηλῠπτερῐ́σῐ / θηλῠπτερῐ́σῐν taîs thēlŭpterĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν θηλῠπτερῐ́δᾰ tḕn thēlŭpterĭ́dă	τὼ θηλῠπτερῐ́δε tṑ thēlŭpterĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς θηλῠπτερῐ́δᾰς tā̀s thēlŭpterĭ́dăs
Vocative	θηλῠπτερῐ́ς thēlŭpterĭ́s	θηλῠπτερῐ́δε thēlŭpterĭ́de	θηλῠπτερῐ́δες thēlŭpterĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “θηλυπτερίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θηλυπτερίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette