θυμέλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θύω (thúō, “I sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰy.mé.lɛː/ → /θyˈme.li/ → /θiˈme.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy.mé.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰyˈme.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θyˈme.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θyˈme.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈme.li/

Noun

θῠμέλη • (thumélē) f (genitive θῠμέλης); first declension

1. a place of sacrifice, altar, temple
2. In Athenian theater, the altar of Dionysus, an altar shaped platform in the middle of the orchestra, upon which stood the leader of the chorus.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θῠμέλη; τῆς θῠμέλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θῠμέλη hē thumélē	τὼ θῠμέλᾱ tṑ thumélā	αἱ θῠμέλαι hai thumélai
Genitive	τῆς θῠμέλης tês thumélēs	τοῖν θῠμέλαιν toîn thumélain	τῶν θῠμελῶν tôn thumelôn
Dative	τῇ θῠμέλῃ têi thumélēi	τοῖν θῠμέλαιν toîn thumélain	ταῖς θῠμέλαις taîs thumélais
Accusative	τὴν θῠμέλην tḕn thumélēn	τὼ θῠμέλᾱ tṑ thumélā	τᾱ̀ς θῠμέλᾱς tā̀s thumélās
Vocative	θῠμέλη thumélē	θῠμέλᾱ thumélā	θῠμέλαι thumélai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “θυμέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θυμέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θυμέλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • altar idem, page 25.