σμίνθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, either from Pre-Greek or Anatolian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zmín.tʰos/ → /ˈzmin.θos/ → /ˈzmin.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zmín.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzmin.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmin.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmin.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzmin.θos/

Noun

σμίνθος • (smínthos) m (genitive σμίνθου); second declension

1. mouse, field mouse, vole

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σμῐ́νθος; τοῦ σμῐ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σμῐ́νθος ho smínthos	τὼ σμῐ́νθω tṑ smínthō	οἱ σμῐ́νθοι hoi smínthoi
Genitive	τοῦ σμῐ́νθου toû smínthou	τοῖν σμῐ́νθοιν toîn smínthoin	τῶν σμῐ́νθων tôn smínthōn
Dative	τῷ σμῐ́νθῳ tôi smínthōi	τοῖν σμῐ́νθοιν toîn smínthoin	τοῖς σμῐ́νθοις toîs smínthois
Accusative	τὸν σμῐ́νθον tòn smínthon	τὼ σμῐ́νθω tṑ smínthō	τοὺς σμῐ́νθους toùs smínthous
Vocative	σμῐ́νθε smínthe	σμῐ́νθω smínthō	σμῐ́νθοι smínthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σμινθεύς (Smintheús)
• Σμίνθιος (Smínthios)

 

Further reading

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