ὀξάλμη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐξᾰ́λμη (exắlmē)

Etymology

From ὄξος (óxos, “vinegar”) +‎ ἅλμη (hálmē, “brine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ok.sál.mɛː/ → /okˈsal.mi/ → /okˈsal.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ok.sál.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /okˈsal.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /okˈsal.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /okˈsal.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /okˈsal.mi/

Noun

ὀξᾰ́λμη • (oxắlmē) f (genitive ὀξᾰ́λμης); first declension

1. sauce made of vinegar and brine

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀξᾰ́λμη; τῆς ὀξᾰ́λμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀξᾰ́λμη hē oxắlmē	τὼ ὀξᾰ́λμᾱ tṑ oxắlmā	αἱ ὀξᾰ́λμαι hai oxắlmai
Genitive	τῆς ὀξᾰ́λμης tês oxắlmēs	τοῖν ὀξᾰ́λμαιν toîn oxắlmain	τῶν ὀξᾰλμῶν tôn oxălmôn
Dative	τῇ ὀξᾰ́λμῃ têi oxắlmēi	τοῖν ὀξᾰ́λμαιν toîn oxắlmain	ταῖς ὀξᾰ́λμαις taîs oxắlmais
Accusative	τὴν ὀξᾰ́λμην tḕn oxắlmēn	τὼ ὀξᾰ́λμᾱ tṑ oxắlmā	τᾱ̀ς ὀξᾰ́λμᾱς tā̀s oxắlmās
Vocative	ὀξᾰ́λμη oxắlmē	ὀξᾰ́λμᾱ oxắlmā	ὀξᾰ́λμαι oxắlmai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀξάλμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀξάλμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὀξάλμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette