ὀξυμυρσίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s, “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 • (oxŭmŭrsĭ́nē) f (genitive ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νης); first declension

1. butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

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

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νη; τῆς ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νη hē oxŭmŭrsĭ́nē	τὼ ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ oxŭmŭrsĭ́nā	αἱ ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́ναι hai oxŭmŭrsĭ́nai
Genitive	τῆς ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νης tês oxŭmŭrsĭ́nēs	τοῖν ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn oxŭmŭrsĭ́nain	τῶν ὀξῠμῠρσῐνῶν tôn oxŭmŭrsĭnôn
Dative	τῇ ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νῃ têi oxŭmŭrsĭ́nēi	τοῖν ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn oxŭmŭrsĭ́nain	ταῖς ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́ναις taîs oxŭmŭrsĭ́nais
Accusative	τὴν ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νην tḕn oxŭmŭrsĭ́nēn	τὼ ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ oxŭmŭrsĭ́nā	τᾱ̀ς ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νᾱς tā̀s oxŭmŭrsĭ́nās
Vocative	ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νη oxŭmŭrsĭ́nē	ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νᾱ oxŭmŭrsĭ́nā	ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́ναι oxŭmŭrsĭ́nai
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