κισσάμπελος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῐσσός (kĭssós, “ivy”) +‎ ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kis.sám.pe.los/ → /cisˈsam.pe.los/ → /ciˈsam.be.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kis.sám.pe.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kisˈsam.pe.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cisˈsam.pe.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cisˈsam.pe.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈsam.be.los/

Noun

κῐσσᾰ́μπελος • (kĭssắmpelos) m (genitive κῐσσᾰμπέλου); second declension

1. pellitory (Parietaria officinalis)

   Synonym: ἑλξῐ́νη (helxĭ́nē)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῐσσᾰ́μπελος; τοῦ κῐσσᾰμπέλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῐσσᾰ́μπελος ho kĭssắmpelos	τὼ κῐσσᾰμπέλω tṑ kĭssămpélō	οἱ κῐσσᾰ́μπελοι hoi kĭssắmpeloi
Genitive	τοῦ κῐσσᾰμπέλου toû kĭssămpélou	τοῖν κῐσσᾰμπέλοιν toîn kĭssămpéloin	τῶν κῐσσᾰμπέλων tôn kĭssămpélōn
Dative	τῷ κῐσσᾰμπέλῳ tôi kĭssămpélōi	τοῖν κῐσσᾰμπέλοιν toîn kĭssămpéloin	τοῖς κῐσσᾰμπέλοις toîs kĭssămpélois
Accusative	τὸν κῐσσᾰ́μπελον tòn kĭssắmpelon	τὼ κῐσσᾰμπέλω tṑ kĭssămpélō	τοὺς κῐσσᾰμπέλους toùs kĭssămpélous
Vocative	κῐσσᾰ́μπελε kĭssắmpele	κῐσσᾰμπέλω kĭssămpélō	κῐσσᾰ́μπελοι kĭssắmpeloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Cissampelos

Further reading

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