κεντρομυρσίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέντρον (kéntron, “goad, spur”) +‎ μυρσίνη (mursínē, “myrtle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ken.tro.myr.sí.nɛː/ → /cen.tro.myrˈsi.ni/ → /cen.dro.mirˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ken.tro.myr.sí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ken.tro.myrˈsi.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cen.tro.myrˈsi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cen.tro.myrˈsi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cen.dro.mirˈsi.ni/

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Noun

κεντρομῠρσῐ́νη • (kentromŭrsĭ́nē) f (genitive κεντρομῠρσῐ́νης); first declension

1. butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

   Synonyms: μυάκανθος (muákanthos), ὀξυμυρσίνη (oxumursínē), χαμαιμυρσίνη (khamaimursínē)

Declension

First declension of ἡ κεντρομῠρσῐ́νη; τῆς κεντρομῠρσῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κεντρομῠρσῐ́νη hē kentromŭrsĭ́nē	τὼ κεντρομῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ kentromŭrsĭ́nā	αἱ κεντρομῠρσῐ́ναι hai kentromŭrsĭ́nai
Genitive	τῆς κεντρομῠρσῐ́νης tês kentromŭrsĭ́nēs	τοῖν κεντρομῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn kentromŭrsĭ́nain	τῶν κεντρομῠρσῐνῶν tôn kentromŭrsĭnôn
Dative	τῇ κεντρομῠρσῐ́νῃ têi kentromŭrsĭ́nēi	τοῖν κεντρομῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn kentromŭrsĭ́nain	ταῖς κεντρομῠρσῐ́ναις taîs kentromŭrsĭ́nais
Accusative	τὴν κεντρομῠρσῐ́νην tḕn kentromŭrsĭ́nēn	τὼ κεντρομῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ kentromŭrsĭ́nā	τᾱ̀ς κεντρομῠρσῐ́νᾱς tā̀s kentromŭrsĭ́nās
Vocative	κεντρομῠρσῐ́νη kentromŭrsĭ́nē	κεντρομῠρσῐ́νᾱ kentromŭrsĭ́nā	κεντρομῠρσῐ́ναι kentromŭrsĭ́nai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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