τηλίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine form of τήλινος (tḗlinos, “of fenugreek”), from τῆλις (têlis, “fenugreek”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛː.lí.nɛː/ → /tiˈli.ni/ → /tiˈli.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛː.lí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te̝ˈli.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈli.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈli.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈli.ni/

Noun

τηλῐ́νη • (tēlĭ́nē) f (genitive τηλῐ́νης); first declension

1. moon trefoil (Medicago arborea)

   Synonym: κύτισος (kútisos)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τηλῐ́νη; τῆς τηλῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τηλῐ́νη hē tēlĭ́nē	τὼ τηλῐ́νᾱ tṑ tēlĭ́nā	αἱ τηλῐ́ναι hai tēlĭ́nai
Genitive	τῆς τηλῐ́νης tês tēlĭ́nēs	τοῖν τηλῐ́ναιν toîn tēlĭ́nain	τῶν τηλῐνῶν tôn tēlĭnôn
Dative	τῇ τηλῐ́νῃ têi tēlĭ́nēi	τοῖν τηλῐ́ναιν toîn tēlĭ́nain	ταῖς τηλῐ́ναις taîs tēlĭ́nais
Accusative	τὴν τηλῐ́νην tḕn tēlĭ́nēn	τὼ τηλῐ́νᾱ tṑ tēlĭ́nā	τᾱ̀ς τηλῐ́νᾱς tā̀s tēlĭ́nās
Vocative	τηλῐ́νη tēlĭ́nē	τηλῐ́νᾱ tēlĭ́nā	τηλῐ́ναι tēlĭ́nai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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