καλαμάγρωστις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”) +‎ ἄγρωστις (ágrōstis, “quackgrass”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.la.má.ɡrɔːs.tis/ → /ka.laˈma.ɣros.tis/ → /ka.laˈma.ɣros.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.la.má.ɡrɔːs.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈma.ɡros.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈma.ɣros.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈma.ɣros.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈma.ɣros.tis/

Noun

κᾰλᾰμᾰ́γρωστῐς • (kălămắgrōstĭs) f (genitive κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεως); third declension

1. Egyptian crowfoot grass (Dactyloctenium aegyptium)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰλᾰμᾰ́γρωστῐς; τῆς κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλᾰμᾰ́γρωστῐς hē kălămắgrōstĭs	τὼ κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστει tṑ kălămăgrṓstei	αἱ κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεις hai kălămăgrṓsteis
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεως tês kălămăgrṓsteōs	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμᾰγρωστέοιν toîn kălămăgrōstéoin	τῶν κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεων tôn kălămăgrṓsteōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστει têi kălămăgrṓstei	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμᾰγρωστέοιν toîn kălămăgrōstéoin	ταῖς κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεσῐ / κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεσῐν taîs kălămăgrṓstesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλᾰμᾰ́γρωστῐν tḕn kălămắgrōstĭn	τὼ κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστει tṑ kălămăgrṓstei	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεις tā̀s kălămăgrṓsteis
Vocative	κᾰλᾰμᾰ́γρωστῐ kălămắgrōstĭ	κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστει kălămăgrṓstei	κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεις kălămăgrṓsteis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Calamagrostis

References

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