θυμελαία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θύμον (thúmon, “thyme”) +‎ ἐλαία (elaía, “olive tree”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰy.me.lǎi̯.aː/ → /θy.meˈlɛ.a/ → /θi.meˈle.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy.me.lǎi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰy.meˈlɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θy.meˈlɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θy.meˈle.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.meˈle.a/

Noun

θῠμελαίᾱ • (thumelaíā) f (genitive θῠμελαίᾱς); first declension

1. flax-leaved daphne (Daphne gnidium)

   Synonym: κνέωρον (knéōron)

Declension

First declension of ἡ θῠμελαίᾱ; τῆς θῠμελαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θῠμελαίᾱ hē thumelaíā	τὼ θῠμελαίᾱ tṑ thumelaíā	αἱ θῠμελαῖαι hai thumelaîai
Genitive	τῆς θῠμελαίᾱς tês thumelaíās	τοῖν θῠμελαίαιν toîn thumelaíain	τῶν θῠμελαιῶν tôn thumelaiôn
Dative	τῇ θῠμελαίᾳ têi thumelaíāi	τοῖν θῠμελαίαιν toîn thumelaíain	ταῖς θῠμελαίαις taîs thumelaíais
Accusative	τὴν θῠμελαίᾱν tḕn thumelaíān	τὼ θῠμελαίᾱ tṑ thumelaíā	τᾱ̀ς θῠμελαίᾱς tā̀s thumelaíās
Vocative	θῠμελαίᾱ thumelaíā	θῠμελαίᾱ thumelaíā	θῠμελαῖαι thumelaîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: thymelaea
  • → Translingual: Thymelaea

Further reading

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