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 • (thŭmelaíā) 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 thŭmelaíā	τὼ θῠμελαίᾱ tṑ thŭmelaíā	αἱ θῠμελαῖαι hai thŭmelaîai
Genitive	τῆς θῠμελαίᾱς tês thŭmelaíās	τοῖν θῠμελαίαιν toîn thŭmelaíain	τῶν θῠμελαιῶν tôn thŭmelaiôn
Dative	τῇ θῠμελαίᾳ têi thŭmelaíāi	τοῖν θῠμελαίαιν toîn thŭmelaíain	ταῖς θῠμελαίαις taîs thŭmelaíais
Accusative	τὴν θῠμελαίᾱν tḕn thŭmelaíān	τὼ θῠμελαίᾱ tṑ thŭmelaíā	τᾱ̀ς θῠμελαίᾱς tā̀s thŭmelaíās
Vocative	θῠμελαίᾱ thŭmelaíā	θῠμελαίᾱ thŭmelaíā	θῠμελαῖαι thŭmelaîai
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