κληματίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (klēmatĭ́s) 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 klēmatĭ́s	τὼ κληματῐ́δε tṑ klēmatĭ́de	αἱ κληματῐ́δες hai klēmatĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς κληματῐ́δος tês klēmatĭ́dos	τοῖν κληματῐ́δοιν toîn klēmatĭ́doin	τῶν κληματῐ́δων tôn klēmatĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ κληματῐ́δῐ têi klēmatĭ́dĭ	τοῖν κληματῐ́δοιν toîn klēmatĭ́doin	ταῖς κληματῐ́σῐ / κληματῐ́σῐν taîs klēmatĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κληματῐ́δᾰ tḕn klēmatĭ́dă	τὼ κληματῐ́δε tṑ klēmatĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς κληματῐ́δᾰς tā̀s klēmatĭ́dăs
Vocative	κληματῐ́ς klēmatĭ́s	κληματῐ́δε klēmatĭ́de	κληματῐ́δες klēmatĭ́des
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