μυρσινίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μυρσίνη (mursínē, “myrtle”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /myr.si.nǐː.tɛːs/ → /myr.siˈni.tis/ → /mir.siˈni.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /myr.si.nǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myr.siˈni.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myr.siˈni.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myr.siˈni.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mir.siˈni.tis/

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Noun

μῠρσῐνῑ́της • (mŭrsĭnī́tēs) m (genitive μῠρσῐνῑ́του); first declension

1. kind of precious stone
2. myrtle spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites)

Declension

First declension of ὁ μῠρσῐνῑ́της; τοῦ μῠρσῐνῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῠρσῐνῑ́της ho mŭrsĭnī́tēs	τὼ μῠρσῐνῑ́τᾱ tṑ mŭrsĭnī́tā	οἱ μῠρσῐνῖται hoi mŭrsĭnîtai
Genitive	τοῦ μῠρσῐνῑ́του toû mŭrsĭnī́tou	τοῖν μῠρσῐνῑ́ταιν toîn mŭrsĭnī́tain	τῶν μῠρσῐνῑτῶν tôn mŭrsĭnītôn
Dative	τῷ μῠρσῐνῑ́τῃ tôi mŭrsĭnī́tēi	τοῖν μῠρσῐνῑ́ταιν toîn mŭrsĭnī́tain	τοῖς μῠρσῐνῑ́ταις toîs mŭrsĭnī́tais
Accusative	τὸν μῠρσῐνῑ́την tòn mŭrsĭnī́tēn	τὼ μῠρσῐνῑ́τᾱ tṑ mŭrsĭnī́tā	τοὺς μῠρσῐνῑ́τᾱς toùs mŭrsĭnī́tās
Vocative	μῠρσῐνῖτᾰ mŭrsĭnîtă	μῠρσῐνῑ́τᾱ mŭrsĭnī́tā	μῠρσῐνῖται mŭrsĭnîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: myrsinītēs

Further reading

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