ἐβενῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔβενος (ébenos, “ebony”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.be.nîː.tis/ → /e.βeˈni.tis/ → /e.veˈni.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.be.nîː.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.beˈni.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.βeˈni.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.veˈni.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.veˈni.tis/

Noun

ἐβενῖτῐς • (ebenîtis) f (genitive ἐβενῑ́τῐδος); third declension

1. felty germander (Teucrium polium)

   Synonyms: ἀχαιμενῐ́ς (akhaimenís), πόλῐον (pólion), τεύθρῐον (teúthrion)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐβενῖτῐς; τῆς ἐβενῑ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐβενῖτῐς hē ebenîtis	τὼ ἐβενῑ́τῐδε tṑ ebenī́tide	αἱ ἐβενῑ́τῐδες hai ebenī́tides
Genitive	τῆς ἐβενῑ́τῐδος tês ebenī́tidos	τοῖν ἐβενῑτῐ́δοιν toîn ebenītídoin	τῶν ἐβενῑτῐ́δων tôn ebenītídōn
Dative	τῇ ἐβενῑ́τῐδῐ têi ebenī́tidi	τοῖν ἐβενῑτῐ́δοιν toîn ebenītídoin	ταῖς ἐβενῑ́τῐσῐ / ἐβενῑ́τῐσῐν taîs ebenī́tisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐβενῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn ebenī́tida	τὼ ἐβενῑ́τῐδε tṑ ebenī́tide	τᾱ̀ς ἐβενῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s ebenī́tidas
Vocative	ἐβενῖτῐς ebenîtis	ἐβενῑ́τῐδε ebenī́tide	ἐβενῑ́τῐδες ebenī́tides
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.

Further reading

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