ἁλμυρός

See also: αλμυρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅλμ(η) (hálm(ē), “saltwater”) +‎ -υρός (-urós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hal.my.rós/ → /al.myˈros/ → /al.miˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hal.my.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)al.myˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /al.myˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /al.myˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /al.miˈros/

Adjective

ἁλμῠρός • (halmurós) m (feminine ἁλμῠρᾱ́, neuter ἁλμῠρόν); first/second declension

1. salty

Declension

First and second declension of ἁλμῠρός; ἁλμῠρᾱ́; ἁλμῠρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἁλμῠρός halmurós	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmurā́	ἁλμῠρόν halmurón		ἁλμῠρώ halmurṓ	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmurā́	ἁλμῠρώ halmurṓ		ἁλμῠροί halmuroí	ἁλμῠραί halmuraí	ἁλμῠρᾰ́ halmurá
Genitive		ἁλμῠροῦ halmuroû	ἁλμῠρᾶς halmurâs	ἁλμῠροῦ halmuroû		ἁλμῠροῖν halmuroîn	ἁλμῠραῖν halmuraîn	ἁλμῠροῖν halmuroîn		ἁλμῠρῶν halmurôn	ἁλμῠρῶν halmurôn	ἁλμῠρῶν halmurôn
Dative		ἁλμῠρῷ halmurôi	ἁλμῠρᾷ halmurâi	ἁλμῠρῷ halmurôi		ἁλμῠροῖν halmuroîn	ἁλμῠραῖν halmuraîn	ἁλμῠροῖν halmuroîn		ἁλμῠροῖς halmuroîs	ἁλμῠραῖς halmuraîs	ἁλμῠροῖς halmuroîs
Accusative		ἁλμῠρόν halmurón	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ν halmurā́n	ἁλμῠρόν halmurón		ἁλμῠρώ halmurṓ	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmurā́	ἁλμῠρώ halmurṓ		ἁλμῠρούς halmuroús	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ς halmurā́s	ἁλμῠρᾰ́ halmurá
Vocative		ἁλμῠρέ halmuré	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmurā́	ἁλμῠρόν halmurón		ἁλμῠρώ halmurṓ	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmurā́	ἁλμῠρώ halmurṓ		ἁλμῠροί halmuroí	ἁλμῠραί halmuraí	ἁλμῠρᾰ́ halmurá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἁλμῠρῶς halmurôs				ἁλμῠρώτερος halmurṓteros				ἁλμῠρώτᾰτος halmurṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἁλμυρίς (halmurís)
• ἁλμυρώδης (halmurṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: αλμυρός (almyrós)

Further reading

• “ἁλμυρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἁλμυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁλμυρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἁλμυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἁλμυρός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • brackish idem, page 92.
  • briny idem, page 100.
  • saline idem, page 732.
  • salt idem, page 732.