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 • (kalamágrōstis) 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 kalamágrōstis	τὼ κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστει tṑ kalamagrṓstei	αἱ κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεις hai kalamagrṓsteis
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεως tês kalamagrṓsteōs	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμᾰγρωστέοιν toîn kalamagrōstéoin	τῶν κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεων tôn kalamagrṓsteōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστει têi kalamagrṓstei	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμᾰγρωστέοιν toîn kalamagrōstéoin	ταῖς κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεσῐ / κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεσῐν taîs kalamagrṓstesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλᾰμᾰ́γρωστῐν tḕn kalamágrōstin	τὼ κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστει tṑ kalamagrṓstei	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεις tā̀s kalamagrṓsteis
Vocative	κᾰλᾰμᾰ́γρωστῐ kalamágrōsti	κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστει kalamagrṓstei	κᾰλᾰμᾰγρώστεις kalamagrṓsteis
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