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 • (halmŭrós) 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 halmŭrós	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmŭrā́	ἁλμῠρόν halmŭrón		ἁλμῠρώ halmŭrṓ	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmŭrā́	ἁλμῠρώ halmŭrṓ		ἁλμῠροί halmŭroí	ἁλμῠραί halmŭraí	ἁλμῠρᾰ́ halmŭrắ
Genitive		ἁλμῠροῦ halmŭroû	ἁλμῠρᾶς halmŭrâs	ἁλμῠροῦ halmŭroû		ἁλμῠροῖν halmŭroîn	ἁλμῠραῖν halmŭraîn	ἁλμῠροῖν halmŭroîn		ἁλμῠρῶν halmŭrôn	ἁλμῠρῶν halmŭrôn	ἁλμῠρῶν halmŭrôn
Dative		ἁλμῠρῷ halmŭrôi	ἁλμῠρᾷ halmŭrâi	ἁλμῠρῷ halmŭrôi		ἁλμῠροῖν halmŭroîn	ἁλμῠραῖν halmŭraîn	ἁλμῠροῖν halmŭroîn		ἁλμῠροῖς halmŭroîs	ἁλμῠραῖς halmŭraîs	ἁλμῠροῖς halmŭroîs
Accusative		ἁλμῠρόν halmŭrón	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ν halmŭrā́n	ἁλμῠρόν halmŭrón		ἁλμῠρώ halmŭrṓ	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmŭrā́	ἁλμῠρώ halmŭrṓ		ἁλμῠρούς halmŭroús	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ς halmŭrā́s	ἁλμῠρᾰ́ halmŭrắ
Vocative		ἁλμῠρέ halmŭré	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmŭrā́	ἁλμῠρόν halmŭrón		ἁλμῠρώ halmŭrṓ	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmŭrā́	ἁλμῠρώ halmŭrṓ		ἁλμῠροί halmŭroí	ἁλμῠραί halmŭraí	ἁλμῠρᾰ́ halmŭrắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἁλμῠρῶς halmŭrôs				ἁλμῠρώτερος halmŭrṓteros				ἁλμῠρώτᾰτος halmŭrṓtătos
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.