σεμίδαλις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Semitic, the same source of Latin simila (“wheat flour”), Arabic سَمِيذ (samīḏ), Aramaic סְמִידָא / ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samīdu⁠/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samādu⁠/, “to grind fine”). Borrowed through Hittite, where -alla-, -alli- is an adjective formant.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /se.mí.daː.lis/ → /seˈmi.ða.lis/ → /seˈmi.ða.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /se.mí.daː.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /seˈmi.da.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /seˈmi.ða.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /seˈmi.ða.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /seˈmi.ða.lis/

Noun

σεμῐ́δᾱλῐς • (semĭ́dālĭs) f (genitive σεμῐδᾱ́λῐος or σεμῐδᾱ́λεως); third declension

1. the finest wheaten flour

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σεμῐ́δᾱλῐς; τῆς σεμῐδᾱ́λεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σεμῐ́δᾱλῐς hē semĭ́dālĭs	τὼ σεμῐδᾱ́λει tṑ semĭdā́lei	αἱ σεμῐδᾱ́λεις hai semĭdā́leis
Genitive	τῆς σεμῐδᾱ́λεως tês semĭdā́leōs	τοῖν σεμῐδᾱλέοιν toîn semĭdāléoin	τῶν σεμῐδᾱ́λεων tôn semĭdā́leōn
Dative	τῇ σεμῐδᾱ́λει têi semĭdā́lei	τοῖν σεμῐδᾱλέοιν toîn semĭdāléoin	ταῖς σεμῐδᾱ́λεσῐ / σεμῐδᾱ́λεσῐν taîs semĭdā́lesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σεμῐ́δᾱλῐν tḕn semĭ́dālĭn	τὼ σεμῐδᾱ́λει tṑ semĭdā́lei	τᾱ̀ς σεμῐδᾱ́λεις tā̀s semĭdā́leis
Vocative	σεμῐ́δᾱλῐ semĭ́dālĭ	σεμῐδᾱ́λει semĭdā́lei	σεμῐδᾱ́λεις semĭdā́leis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σεμιδᾱ́λιον (semidā́lion)
• σεμιδᾱλίτης (semidālítēs)

Descendants

• Greek: σιμιγδάλι (simigdáli)
• → Georgian: სამინდალი (samindali)

Further reading

• “σεμίδαλις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σεμίδαλις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σεμίδαλις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Szemerényi, Oswald (1974) “The origins of the Greek lexicon: Ex Oriente Lux”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies‎^[1], volume 94, →DOI, page 156
• “σεμίδαλις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Noun

σεμίδαλις • (semídalis) f

1. Katharevousa form of σιμιγδάλι (simigdáli, “semolina”)