ἄγρωστις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compare ᾰ̓γρώτης (ăgrṓtēs, “of the field”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ɡrɔːs.tis/ → /ˈa.ɣros.tis/ → /ˈa.ɣros.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɡrɔːs.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡros.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣros.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣros.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣros.tis/

Noun

ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς • (ắgrōstĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓γρώστῐδος or ᾰ̓γρώστεως); third declension

1. a grass that mules fed on, perhaps Elymus repens

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓γρώστῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς hē ắgrōstĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓γρώστῐδε tṑ ăgrṓstĭde	αἱ ᾰ̓γρώστῐδες hai ăgrṓstĭdes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓γρώστῐδος tês ăgrṓstĭdos	τοῖν ᾰ̓γρωστῐ́δοιν toîn ăgrōstĭ́doin	τῶν ᾰ̓γρωστῐ́δων tôn ăgrōstĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓γρώστῐδῐ têi ăgrṓstĭdĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓γρωστῐ́δοιν toîn ăgrōstĭ́doin	ταῖς ᾰ̓γρώστῐσῐ / ᾰ̓γρώστῐσῐν taîs ăgrṓstĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓γρώστῐδᾰ tḕn ăgrṓstĭdă	τὼ ᾰ̓γρώστῐδε tṑ ăgrṓstĭde	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γρώστῐδᾰς tā̀s ăgrṓstĭdăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς ắgrōstĭs	ᾰ̓γρώστῐδε ăgrṓstĭde	ᾰ̓γρώστῐδες ăgrṓstĭdes
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.

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓γρώστεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς hē ắgrōstĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓γρώστει tṑ ăgrṓstei	αἱ ᾰ̓γρώστεις hai ăgrṓsteis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓γρώστεως tês ăgrṓsteōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓γρωστέοιν toîn ăgrōstéoin	τῶν ᾰ̓γρώστεων tôn ăgrṓsteōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓γρώστει têi ăgrṓstei	τοῖν ᾰ̓γρωστέοιν toîn ăgrōstéoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓γρώστεσῐ / ᾰ̓γρώστεσῐν taîs ăgrṓstesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́γρωστῐν tḕn ắgrōstĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓γρώστει tṑ ăgrṓstei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γρώστεις tā̀s ăgrṓsteis
Vocative	ᾰ̓́γρωστῐ ắgrōstĭ	ᾰ̓γρώστει ăgrṓstei	ᾰ̓γρώστεις ăgrṓsteis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• καλαμάγρωστις (kalamágrōstis)

Descendants

• Translingual: Agrostis

References

• “ἄγρωστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγρωστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄγρωστις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄγρωστις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄγρωστις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄγρωστις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)