Ἄμαστρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.mas.tris/ → /ˈa.mas.tris/ → /ˈa.mas.tris/

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

Proper noun

Ἄμαστρῐς • (Ámastrĭs) f (genitive Ἀμάστρῐδος); third declension

1. Amastris, Amasra (a city in Paphlagonia, modern-day Turkey)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἄμαστρῐς; τῆς Ἀμάστρῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἄμαστρῐς hē Ámastrĭs
Genitive	τῆς Ἀμάστρῐδος tês Amástrĭdos
Dative	τῇ Ἀμάστρῐδῐ têi Amástrĭdĭ
Accusative	τὴν Ἀμάστρῐδᾰ tḕn Amástrĭdă
Vocative	Ἄμαστρῐς Ámastrĭs
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.

Derived terms

• Ἀμαστριανός (Amastrianós)

Descendants

• → Latin: Amastris
• → Ottoman Turkish: آماصره (Amasra), آماصری (Amasrı)
  • Turkish: Amasra
  • → Armenian: Ամասրա (Amasra)

Further reading

• Ἄμαστρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette