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 • (thŭmélē) 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 thŭmélē	τὼ θῠμέλᾱ tṑ thŭmélā	αἱ θῠμέλαι hai thŭmélai
Genitive	τῆς θῠμέλης tês thŭmélēs	τοῖν θῠμέλαιν toîn thŭmélain	τῶν θῠμελῶν tôn thŭmelôn
Dative	τῇ θῠμέλῃ têi thŭmélēi	τοῖν θῠμέλαιν toîn thŭmélain	ταῖς θῠμέλαις taîs thŭmélais
Accusative	τὴν θῠμέλην tḕn thŭmélēn	τὼ θῠμέλᾱ tṑ thŭmélā	τᾱ̀ς θῠμέλᾱς tā̀s thŭmélās
Vocative	θῠμέλη thŭmélē	θῠμέλᾱ thŭmélā	θῠμέλαι thŭmélai
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.