πετάλη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.tá.lɛː/ → /peˈta.li/ → /peˈta.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.tá.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈta.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈta.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈta.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈta.li/

Noun

πετάλη • (petálē) f (genitive πετάλης); first declension

1. Alternative form of πέταλον (pétalon, “leaf, slice”)

Declension

First declension of ἡ πετᾰ́λη; τῆς πετᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πετᾰ́λη hē petálē	τὼ πετᾰ́λᾱ tṑ petálā	αἱ πετᾰ́λαι hai petálai
Genitive	τῆς πετᾰ́λης tês petálēs	τοῖν πετᾰ́λαιν toîn petálain	τῶν πετᾰλῶν tôn petalôn
Dative	τῇ πετᾰ́λῃ têi petálēi	τοῖν πετᾰ́λαιν toîn petálain	ταῖς πετᾰ́λαις taîs petálais
Accusative	τὴν πετᾰ́λην tḕn petálēn	τὼ πετᾰ́λᾱ tṑ petálā	τᾱ̀ς πετᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s petálās
Vocative	πετᾰ́λη petálē	πετᾰ́λᾱ petálā	πετᾰ́λαι petálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Adjective

πετάλη • (petálē)

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of πέταλος (pétalos)

Further reading

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