ὀξάλμη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐξᾰ́λμη (exálmē)

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 • (oxálmē) 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 oxálmē	τὼ ὀξᾰ́λμᾱ tṑ oxálmā	αἱ ὀξᾰ́λμαι hai oxálmai
Genitive	τῆς ὀξᾰ́λμης tês oxálmēs	τοῖν ὀξᾰ́λμαιν toîn oxálmain	τῶν ὀξᾰλμῶν tôn oxalmôn
Dative	τῇ ὀξᾰ́λμῃ têi oxálmēi	τοῖν ὀξᾰ́λμαιν toîn oxálmain	ταῖς ὀξᾰ́λμαις taîs oxálmais
Accusative	τὴν ὀξᾰ́λμην tḕn oxálmēn	τὼ ὀξᾰ́λμᾱ tṑ oxálmā	τᾱ̀ς ὀξᾰ́λμᾱς tā̀s oxálmās
Vocative	ὀξᾰ́λμη oxálmē	ὀξᾰ́λμᾱ oxálmā	ὀξᾰ́λμαι oxálmai
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