ἐπιμηλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, upon) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

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 • (epĭmēlĭ́s) f (genitive ἐπῐμηλῐ́δος); third declension

1. medlar (Mespilus germanica)

   Synonyms: μέσπῐλον (méspĭlon), σητᾰ́νῐον (sētắnĭon)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐμηλῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐμηλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐμηλῐ́ς hē epĭmēlĭ́s	τὼ ἐπῐμηλῐ́δε tṑ epĭmēlĭ́de	αἱ ἐπῐμηλῐ́δες hai epĭmēlĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐμηλῐ́δος tês epĭmēlĭ́dos	τοῖν ἐπῐμηλῐ́δοιν toîn epĭmēlĭ́doin	τῶν ἐπῐμηλῐ́δων tôn epĭmēlĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐμηλῐ́δῐ têi epĭmēlĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἐπῐμηλῐ́δοιν toîn epĭmēlĭ́doin	ταῖς ἐπῐμηλῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐμηλῐ́σῐν taîs epĭmēlĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐμηλῐ́δᾰ tḕn epĭmēlĭ́dă	τὼ ἐπῐμηλῐ́δε tṑ epĭmēlĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐμηλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epĭmēlĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἐπῐμηλῐ́ς epĭmēlĭ́s	ἐπῐμηλῐ́δε epĭmēlĭ́de	ἐπῐμηλῐ́δες epĭmēlĭ́des
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