ἁλμυρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἁλμυρός (halmurós, “salty”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hal.myː.rís/ → /al.myˈris/ → /al.miˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hal.myː.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)al.myˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /al.myˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /al.myˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /al.miˈris/

Noun

ἁλμῡρῐ́ς • (halmūrĭ́s) f (genitive ἁλμῡρῐ́δος); third declension

1. salt humour, salt scum
2. salt soil or land
3. saltiness of water
4. kind of cabbage (Brassica cretica)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἁλμῡρῐ́ς; τῆς ἁλμῡρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἁλμῡρῐ́ς hē halmūrĭ́s	τὼ ἁλμῡρῐ́δε tṑ halmūrĭ́de	αἱ ἁλμῡρῐ́δες hai halmūrĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἁλμῡρῐ́δος tês halmūrĭ́dos	τοῖν ἁλμῡρῐ́δοιν toîn halmūrĭ́doin	τῶν ἁλμῡρῐ́δων tôn halmūrĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἁλμῡρῐ́δῐ têi halmūrĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἁλμῡρῐ́δοιν toîn halmūrĭ́doin	ταῖς ἁλμῡρῐ́σῐ / ἁλμῡρῐ́σῐν taîs halmūrĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἁλμῡρῐ́δᾰ tḕn halmūrĭ́dă	τὼ ἁλμῡρῐ́δε tṑ halmūrĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἁλμῡρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s halmūrĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἁλμῡρῐ́ς halmūrĭ́s	ἁλμῡρῐ́δε halmūrĭ́de	ἁλμῡρῐ́δες halmūrĭ́des
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.

Further reading

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