ἀτρακτυλίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀτρακτυλλίς (atraktullís), ἀτράκτῡλον (atráktūlon)

Etymology

From ἄτρακτος (átraktos, “spindle”), because this plant was used for making spindles.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.trak.ty.lís/ → /a.trak.tyˈlis/ → /a.trak.tiˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.trak.ty.lís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.trak.tyˈlis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.trak.tyˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.trak.tyˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.trak.tiˈlis/

Noun

ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́ς • (atrăktŭlĭ́s) f (genitive ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δος); third declension

1. saffron thistle (Carthamus lanatus)

   Synonym: ἀσπῐ́δῐον (aspĭ́dĭon)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́ς; τῆς ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́ς hē atrăktŭlĭ́s	τὼ ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δε tṑ atrăktŭlĭ́de	αἱ ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δες hai atrăktŭlĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δος tês atrăktŭlĭ́dos	τοῖν ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δοιν toîn atrăktŭlĭ́doin	τῶν ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δων tôn atrăktŭlĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δῐ têi atrăktŭlĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δοιν toîn atrăktŭlĭ́doin	ταῖς ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́σῐ / ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́σῐν taîs atrăktŭlĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δᾰ tḕn atrăktŭlĭ́dă	τὼ ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δε tṑ atrăktŭlĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s atrăktŭlĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́ς atrăktŭlĭ́s	ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δε atrăktŭlĭ́de	ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́δες atrăktŭlĭ́des
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.

Descendants

• → Latin: atractylis
  • → Italian: atrattile
• → Translingual: Atractylis

Further reading

• “ἀτρακτυλίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀτρακτυλίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀτρακτυλίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)