λινόζωστις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λινοζῶστις (linozôstis)

Etymology

From λίνον (línon, “flax”) +‎ ζώννῡμι (zṓnnūmi, “to gird”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.nóz.dɔːs.tis/ → /liˈno.zos.tis/ → /liˈno.zos.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.nóz.dɔːs.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈno.zos.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈno.zos.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈno.zos.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈno.zos.tis/

Noun

λῐνόζωστῐς • (lĭnózōstĭs) f (genitive λῐνοζώστεως or λῐνοζώστῐδος); third declension

1. mercury (Mercurialis annua)

   Synonym: ἀργυρῖτις (argurîtis)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λῐνόζωστῐς; τῆς λῐνοζώστεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐνόζωστῐς hē lĭnózōstĭs	τὼ λῐνοζώστει tṑ lĭnozṓstei	αἱ λῐνοζώστεις hai lĭnozṓsteis
Genitive	τῆς λῐνοζώστεως tês lĭnozṓsteōs	τοῖν λῐνοζωστέοιν toîn lĭnozōstéoin	τῶν λῐνοζώστεων tôn lĭnozṓsteōn
Dative	τῇ λῐνοζώστει têi lĭnozṓstei	τοῖν λῐνοζωστέοιν toîn lĭnozōstéoin	ταῖς λῐνοζώστεσῐ / λῐνοζώστεσῐν taîs lĭnozṓstesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῐνόζωστῐν tḕn lĭnózōstĭn	τὼ λῐνοζώστει tṑ lĭnozṓstei	τᾱ̀ς λῐνοζώστεις tā̀s lĭnozṓsteis
Vocative	λῐνόζωστῐ lĭnózōstĭ	λῐνοζώστει lĭnozṓstei	λῐνοζώστεις lĭnozṓsteis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ λῐνόζωστῐς; τῆς λῐνοζώστῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐνόζωστῐς hē lĭnózōstĭs	τὼ λῐνοζώστῐδε tṑ lĭnozṓstĭde	αἱ λῐνοζώστῐδες hai lĭnozṓstĭdes
Genitive	τῆς λῐνοζώστῐδος tês lĭnozṓstĭdos	τοῖν λῐνοζωστῐ́δοιν toîn lĭnozōstĭ́doin	τῶν λῐνοζωστῐ́δων tôn lĭnozōstĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ λῐνοζώστῐδῐ têi lĭnozṓstĭdĭ	τοῖν λῐνοζωστῐ́δοιν toîn lĭnozōstĭ́doin	ταῖς λῐνοζώστῐσῐ / λῐνοζώστῐσῐν taîs lĭnozṓstĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῐνοζώστῐδᾰ tḕn lĭnozṓstĭdă	τὼ λῐνοζώστῐδε tṑ lĭnozṓstĭde	τᾱ̀ς λῐνοζώστῐδᾰς tā̀s lĭnozṓstĭdăs
Vocative	λῐνόζωστῐς lĭnózōstĭs	λῐνοζώστῐδε lĭnozṓstĭde	λῐνοζώστῐδες lĭnozṓstĭdes
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.

Further reading

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