καλαμίνθη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καλάμινθᾰ (kalámintha), καλάμινθος (kaláminthos)

Etymology

Unknown. The formal agreement with *καλαμο-μίνθη (*kalamo-mínthē) does not permit a conclusion. A Pre-Greek word is most probable, because of the suffix and the meaning.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.la.mín.tʰɛː/ → /ka.laˈmin.θi/ → /ka.laˈmin.θi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.la.mín.tʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmin.tʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmin.θi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmin.θi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmin.θi/

Noun

κᾰλᾰμίνθη • (kalamínthē) f (genitive κᾰλᾰμίνθης); first declension

1. catmint (Nepeta cataria)

   Synonym: νέπετος (népetos)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰλᾰμίνθη; τῆς κᾰλᾰμίνθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλᾰμίνθη hē kalamínthē	τὼ κᾰλᾰμίνθᾱ tṑ kalamínthā	αἱ κᾰλᾰμίνθαι hai kalamínthai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλᾰμίνθης tês kalamínthēs	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμίνθαιν toîn kalamínthain	τῶν κᾰλᾰμινθῶν tôn kalaminthôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλᾰμίνθῃ têi kalamínthēi	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμίνθαιν toîn kalamínthain	ταῖς κᾰλᾰμίνθαις taîs kalamínthais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλᾰμίνθην tḕn kalamínthēn	τὼ κᾰλᾰμίνθᾱ tṑ kalamínthā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰμίνθᾱς tā̀s kalamínthās
Vocative	κᾰλᾰμίνθη kalamínthē	κᾰλᾰμίνθᾱ kalamínthā	κᾰλᾰμίνθαι kalamínthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• καλαμινθίνη (kalaminthínē)
• Καλαμίνθιος (Kalamínthios)
• καλαμινθίτης (kalaminthítēs)
• καλαμινθώδης (kalaminthṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: calaminthē
• → Old Armenian: կաղամիտ (kałamit)
• → Translingual: Calamintha (now Clinopodium)

Further reading

• “καλαμίνθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καλαμίνθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN