ἄμυλον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.my.lon/ → /ˈa.my.lon/ → /ˈa.mi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.my.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.my.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.my.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.my.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mi.lon/

Adjective

ἄμῠλον • (ámulon)

1. inflection of ἄμυλος (ámulos, “not ground at a mill”):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Noun

ἄμῠλον • (ámulon) n (genitive ἀμύλου); second declension

1. starch

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἄμῠλον; τοῦ ἀμῠ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄμῠλον tò ámulon	τὼ ἀμῠ́λω tṑ amúlō	τᾰ̀ ἄμῠλᾰ tà ámula
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμῠ́λου toû amúlou	τοῖν ἀμῠ́λοιν toîn amúloin	τῶν ἀμῠ́λων tôn amúlōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμῠ́λῳ tôi amúlōi	τοῖν ἀμῠ́λοιν toîn amúloin	τοῖς ἀμῠ́λοις toîs amúlois
Accusative	τὸ ἄμῠλον tò ámulon	τὼ ἀμῠ́λω tṑ amúlō	τᾰ̀ ἄμῠλᾰ tà ámula
Vocative	ἄμῠλον ámulon	ἀμῠ́λω amúlō	ἄμῠλᾰ ámula
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άμυλο (ámylo)
• → Aramaic: עמילא (amilā), עמילנ (amilon)
  • → Middle Armenian: աւսլայ (awslay) (perhaps)
    • Armenian: օսլա (ōsla)
• → Classical Syriac: ܐܡܠܘܢ (/⁠ˀmlwn⁠/), ܐܡܘܠܘܢ (/⁠ˀmwlwn⁠/)
• → Hebrew: עֲמִילָן (amilan)
• → Latin: amylum (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “ἄμυλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press