ἀλοῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλοίτης (aloítēs, “avenger”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lôi̯.tis/ → /aˈly.tis/ → /aˈli.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lôi̯.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈly.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈly.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈly.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈli.tis/

Noun

ἀλοῖτῐς • (aloîtĭs) f (genitive ἀλοίτῐδος); third declension

1. bitterwort (Gentiana lutea)
2. mandrake (Mandragora officinarum)

   Synonyms: μανδραγόρας (mandragóras), μώριος (mṓrios)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀλοῖτῐς; τῆς ἀλοίτῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀλοῖτῐς hē aloîtĭs	τὼ ἀλοίτῐδε tṑ aloítĭde	αἱ ἀλοίτῐδες hai aloítĭdes
Genitive	τῆς ἀλοίτῐδος tês aloítĭdos	τοῖν ἀλοιτῐ́δοιν toîn aloitĭ́doin	τῶν ἀλοιτῐ́δων tôn aloitĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἀλοίτῐδῐ têi aloítĭdĭ	τοῖν ἀλοιτῐ́δοιν toîn aloitĭ́doin	ταῖς ἀλοίτῐσῐ / ἀλοίτῐσῐν taîs aloítĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀλοίτῐδᾰ tḕn aloítĭdă	τὼ ἀλοίτῐδε tṑ aloítĭde	τᾱ̀ς ἀλοίτῐδᾰς tā̀s aloítĭdăs
Vocative	ἀλοῖτῐς aloîtĭs	ἀλοίτῐδε aloítĭde	ἀλοίτῐδες aloítĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “ἀλοῖτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλοῖτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)