μάδρυα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμᾰ́δρῠᾰ (amádrua)

Etymology

The derivation from μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”) +‎ δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) is a folk etymology. According to Beekes, the variant ἀμάδρυα (amádrua) suggests a Pre-Greek etymology, due to the presence of the prothetic vowel.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /má.dry.a/ → /ˈma.ðry.a/ → /ˈma.ðri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.dry.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.dry.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ðry.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ðry.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ðri.a/

Noun

μᾰ́δρῠᾰ • (mádrua) n pl (genitive μᾰδρῠ́ων); second declension

1. plums

   Synonym: κοκκῠ́μηλον (kokkúmēlon)

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ μᾰ́δρῠᾰ; τῶν μᾰδρῠ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ μᾰ́δρῠᾰ tà mádrua
Genitive	τῶν μᾰδρῠ́ων tôn madrúōn
Dative	τοῖς μᾰδρῠ́οις toîs madrúois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ μᾰ́δρῠᾰ tà mádrua
Vocative	μᾰ́δρῠᾰ mádrua
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μάδρυα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μάδρυα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάδρυα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 890