κληματίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλῆμα (klêma, “twig, branch”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klɛː.ma.tís/ → /kli.maˈtis/ → /kli.maˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klɛː.ma.tís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kle̝.maˈtis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kli.maˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kli.maˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kli.maˈtis/

Noun

κληματῐ́ς • (klēmatís) f (genitive κληματῐ́δος); third declension

1. vine branch
2. (in the plural) brushwood, faggots
3. periwinkle (Vinca herbacea)
4. traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba)

   Synonym: ἀθραγένη (athragénē)

5. bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κληματῐ́ς; τῆς κληματῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κληματῐ́ς hē klēmatís	τὼ κληματῐ́δε tṑ klēmatíde	αἱ κληματῐ́δες hai klēmatídes
Genitive	τῆς κληματῐ́δος tês klēmatídos	τοῖν κληματῐ́δοιν toîn klēmatídoin	τῶν κληματῐ́δων tôn klēmatídōn
Dative	τῇ κληματῐ́δῐ têi klēmatídi	τοῖν κληματῐ́δοιν toîn klēmatídoin	ταῖς κληματῐ́σῐ / κληματῐ́σῐν taîs klēmatísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κληματῐ́δᾰ tḕn klēmatída	τὼ κληματῐ́δε tṑ klēmatíde	τᾱ̀ς κληματῐ́δᾰς tā̀s klēmatídas
Vocative	κληματῐ́ς klēmatís	κληματῐ́δε klēmatíde	κληματῐ́δες klēmatídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: clēmatis
  • → Translingual: Clematis

Further reading

• “κληματίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κληματίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κληματίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette