σμῖλαξ
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Beekes, the variants prove Pre-Greek origin for this word.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zmîː.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzmi.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzmi.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzmi.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzmi.laks/
Noun
[edit]σμῖλαξ • (smîlax) f (genitive σμίλακος); third declension
- holm oak (Quercus ilex)
- yew (Taxus baccata)
- smilax (Smilax aspera)
- bindweed (Convolvulus spp.)
- cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)
- Synonym: φάσηλος (phásēlos)
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σμῖλᾰξ hē smîlax |
τὼ σμῑ́λᾰκε tṑ smī́lake |
αἱ σμῑ́λᾰκες hai smī́lakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σμῑ́λᾰκος tês smī́lakos |
τοῖν σμῑλᾰ́κοιν toîn smīlákoin |
τῶν σμῑλᾰ́κων tôn smīlákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σμῑ́λᾰκῐ têi smī́laki |
τοῖν σμῑλᾰ́κοιν toîn smīlákoin |
ταῖς σμῑ́λᾰξῐ / σμῑ́λᾰξῐν taîs smī́laxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σμῑ́λᾰκᾰ tḕn smī́laka |
τὼ σμῑ́λᾰκε tṑ smī́lake |
τᾱ̀ς σμῑ́λᾰκᾰς tā̀s smī́lakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | σμῖλᾰξ smîlax |
σμῑ́λᾰκε smī́lake |
σμῑ́λᾰκες smī́lakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- σμιλάκινος (smilákinos)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “σμῖλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σμῖλαξ 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
- Fischer-Benzon, Rudolf von (1894) Altdeutsche Gartenflora (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, pages 98–99
- “Bohne”, in Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (in German), volume III, 1, 1897, columns 609–627
- “σμῖλαξ κηπαῖα –
Phaseolus vulgaris”, in Dioscórides Interactivo[1] (in Spanish), 2024 - “σμῖλαξ – Taxus baccata”, in Dioscórides Interactivo[2] (in Spanish), 2024
- “σμῖλαξ τραχεῖα – Smilax aspera”, in Dioscórides Interactivo[3] (in Spanish), 2024
- “σμῖλαξ λεία – Convolvulus sepium”, in Dioscórides Interactivo[4] (in Spanish), 2024
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek properispomenon terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
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