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 • (aloîtis) 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 aloîtis	τὼ ἀλοίτῐδε tṑ aloítide	αἱ ἀλοίτῐδες hai aloítides
Genitive	τῆς ἀλοίτῐδος tês aloítidos	τοῖν ἀλοιτῐ́δοιν toîn aloitídoin	τῶν ἀλοιτῐ́δων tôn aloitídōn
Dative	τῇ ἀλοίτῐδῐ têi aloítidi	τοῖν ἀλοιτῐ́δοιν toîn aloitídoin	ταῖς ἀλοίτῐσῐ / ἀλοίτῐσῐν taîs aloítisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀλοίτῐδᾰ tḕn aloítida	τὼ ἀλοίτῐδε tṑ aloítide	τᾱ̀ς ἀλοίτῐδᾰς tā̀s aloítidas
Vocative	ἀλοῖτῐς aloîtis	ἀλοίτῐδε aloítide	ἀλοίτῐδες aloítides
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 (2006–2024)