ὀξυμυρσίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀξῠ́ς (oxús, “sharp, acid”) +‎ μυρσίνη (mursínē, “myrtle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ok.sy.myr.sí.nɛː/ → /ok.sy.myrˈsi.ni/ → /ok.si.mirˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ok.sy.myr.sí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ok.sy.myrˈsi.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ok.sy.myrˈsi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ok.sy.myrˈsi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ok.si.mirˈsi.ni/

Noun

ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νη • (oxumursínē) f (genitive ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νης); first declension

1. butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

   Synonyms: κεντρομῠρσῐ́νη (kentromursínē), μυάκανθος (muákanthos), χαμαιμυρσίνη (khamaimursínē)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νη; τῆς ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νη hē oxumursínē	τὼ ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ oxumursínā	αἱ ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́ναι hai oxumursínai
Genitive	τῆς ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νης tês oxumursínēs	τοῖν ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn oxumursínain	τῶν ὀξῠμῠρσῐνῶν tôn oxumursinôn
Dative	τῇ ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νῃ têi oxumursínēi	τοῖν ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn oxumursínain	ταῖς ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́ναις taîs oxumursínais
Accusative	τὴν ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νην tḕn oxumursínēn	τὼ ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ oxumursínā	τᾱ̀ς ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νᾱς tā̀s oxumursínās
Vocative	ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νη oxumursínē	ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νᾱ oxumursínā	ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́ναι oxumursínai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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