Ἀπόμυιος

See also: ἀπόμυιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπόμυιος (apómuios, literally “repelling flies”), from ἀπο- (apo-, “away from”) +‎ μυῖᾰ (muîa, “fly”) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.myː.os/ → /aˈpo.my.os/ → /aˈpo.mi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pó.myː.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.my.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.my.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.my.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.mi.os/

Noun

Ἀ̆πόμυιος • (Apómuios) m (genitive Ἀ̆πομυίου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Averter of flies, epithet of Zeus and Heracles

   Ζεύς Ἀπόμυιος ― Zeús Apómuios ― Zeus Apomyius (literally, “Zeus the Muscifuge”)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ἀ̆πόμυιος; τοῦ Ἀ̆πομυίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀ̆πόμυιος ho Apómuios	τὼ Ἀ̆πομυίω tṑ Apomuíō	οἱ Ἀ̆πόμυιοι hoi Apómuioi
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀ̆πομυίου toû Apomuíou	τοῖν Ἀ̆πομυίοιν toîn Apomuíoin	τῶν Ἀ̆πομυίων tôn Apomuíōn
Dative	τῷ Ἀ̆πομυίῳ tôi Apomuíōi	τοῖν Ἀ̆πομυίοιν toîn Apomuíoin	τοῖς Ἀ̆πομυίοις toîs Apomuíois
Accusative	τὸν Ἀ̆πόμυιον tòn Apómuion	τὼ Ἀ̆πομυίω tṑ Apomuíō	τοὺς Ἀ̆πομυίους toùs Apomuíous
Vocative	Ἀ̆πόμυιε Apómuie	Ἀ̆πομυίω Apomuíō	Ἀ̆πόμυιοι Apómuioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Apomyius
  • → English: Apomyius

Further reading

• “Ἀπόμυιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ἀπόμυιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἀπόμυιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)