καλαμίνθη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

καλάμινθᾰ (kaláminthă), καλάμινθος (kaláminthos)

Etymology

Unknown. The formal agreement with *καλαμο-μίνθη (*kalamo-mínthē) does not permit a conclusion. A Pre-Greek word is most probable, because of the suffix and the meaning.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.la.mín.tʰɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmin.tʰe̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmin.θi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmin.θi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmin.θi/

Noun

κᾰλᾰμίνθη • (kălămínthē) f (genitive κᾰλᾰμίνθης); first declension

catmint (Nepeta cataria)
Synonym: νέπετος (népetos)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰλᾰμίνθη; τῆς κᾰλᾰμίνθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλᾰμίνθη hē kălămínthē	τὼ κᾰλᾰμίνθᾱ tṑ kălămínthā	αἱ κᾰλᾰμίνθαι hai kălămínthai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλᾰμίνθης tês kălămínthēs	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμίνθαιν toîn kălămínthain	τῶν κᾰλᾰμινθῶν tôn kălăminthôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλᾰμίνθῃ têi kălămínthēi	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμίνθαιν toîn kălămínthain	ταῖς κᾰλᾰμίνθαις taîs kălămínthais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλᾰμίνθην tḕn kălămínthēn	τὼ κᾰλᾰμίνθᾱ tṑ kălămínthā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰμίνθᾱς tā̀s kălămínthās
Vocative	κᾰλᾰμίνθη kălămínthē	κᾰλᾰμίνθᾱ kălămínthā	κᾰλᾰμίνθαι kălămínthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καλαμινθίνη (kalaminthínē)
Καλαμίνθιος (Kalamínthios)
καλαμινθίτης (kalaminthítēs)
καλαμινθώδης (kalaminthṓdēs)

Descendants

→ Latin: calaminthē
→ Old Armenian: կաղամիտ (kałamit)
→ Translingual: Calamintha (now Clinopodium)