ὠμόλινον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὠμός (ōmós, “raw”) +‎ λίνον (línon, “flax”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔː.mó.li.non/ → /oˈmo.li.non/ → /oˈmo.li.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔː.mó.li.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈmo.li.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈmo.li.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈmo.li.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈmo.li.non/

Noun

ὠμόλῐνον • (ōmólĭnon) n (genitive ὠμολῐ́νου); second declension

1. raw flax, used for lint
2. coarse linen towel or napkin

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὠμόλῐνον; τοῦ ὠμολῐ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὠμόλῐνον tò ōmólĭnon	τὼ ὠμολῐ́νω tṑ ōmolĭ́nō	τᾰ̀ ὠμόλῐνᾰ tằ ōmólĭnă
Genitive	τοῦ ὠμολῐ́νου toû ōmolĭ́nou	τοῖν ὠμολῐ́νοιν toîn ōmolĭ́noin	τῶν ὠμολῐ́νων tôn ōmolĭ́nōn
Dative	τῷ ὠμολῐ́νῳ tôi ōmolĭ́nōi	τοῖν ὠμολῐ́νοιν toîn ōmolĭ́noin	τοῖς ὠμολῐ́νοις toîs ōmolĭ́nois
Accusative	τὸ ὠμόλῐνον tò ōmólĭnon	τὼ ὠμολῐ́νω tṑ ōmolĭ́nō	τᾰ̀ ὠμόλῐνᾰ tằ ōmólĭnă
Vocative	ὠμόλῐνον ōmólĭnon	ὠμολῐ́νω ōmolĭ́nō	ὠμόλῐνᾰ ōmólĭnă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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