ἐπιμηλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epi-, upon) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.mɛː.lís/ → /e.pi.miˈlis/ → /e.pi.miˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.mɛː.lís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.me̝ˈlis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.miˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.miˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.miˈlis/

Noun

ἐπῐμηλῐ́ς • (epimēlís) f (genitive ἐπῐμηλῐ́δος); third declension

1. medlar (Mespilus germanica)

   Synonyms: μέσπῐλον (méspilon), σητᾰ́νῐον (sētánion)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐμηλῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐμηλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐμηλῐ́ς hē epimēlís	τὼ ἐπῐμηλῐ́δε tṑ epimēlíde	αἱ ἐπῐμηλῐ́δες hai epimēlídes
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐμηλῐ́δος tês epimēlídos	τοῖν ἐπῐμηλῐ́δοιν toîn epimēlídoin	τῶν ἐπῐμηλῐ́δων tôn epimēlídōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐμηλῐ́δῐ têi epimēlídi	τοῖν ἐπῐμηλῐ́δοιν toîn epimēlídoin	ταῖς ἐπῐμηλῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐμηλῐ́σῐν taîs epimēlísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐμηλῐ́δᾰ tḕn epimēlída	τὼ ἐπῐμηλῐ́δε tṑ epimēlíde	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐμηλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epimēlídas
Vocative	ἐπῐμηλῐ́ς epimēlís	ἐπῐμηλῐ́δε epimēlíde	ἐπῐμηλῐ́δες epimēlídes
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

• “ἐπιμηλίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπιμηλίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette