ψωρανθεμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψώρα (psṓra, “scabies, mange”) +‎ ἀνθεμίς (anthemís, “flower”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psɔː.ran.tʰe.mís/ → /pso.ran.θeˈmis/ → /pso.ran.θeˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psɔː.ran.tʰe.mís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pso.ran.tʰeˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pso.ran.θeˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pso.ran.θeˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pso.ran.θeˈmis/

Noun

ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́ς • (psōranthemís) f (genitive ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δος); third declension

1. rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)

   Synonyms: δενδρολίβανον (dendrolíbanon), λιβανωτίς (libanōtís)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́ς; τῆς ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́ς hē psōranthemís	τὼ ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δε tṑ psōranthemíde	αἱ ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δες hai psōranthemídes
Genitive	τῆς ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δος tês psōranthemídos	τοῖν ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δοιν toîn psōranthemídoin	τῶν ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δων tôn psōranthemídōn
Dative	τῇ ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δῐ têi psōranthemídi	τοῖν ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δοιν toîn psōranthemídoin	ταῖς ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́σῐ / ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́σῐν taîs psōranthemísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δᾰ tḕn psōranthemída	τὼ ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δε tṑ psōranthemíde	τᾱ̀ς ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s psōranthemídas
Vocative	ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́ς psōranthemís	ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δε psōranthemíde	ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́δες psōranthemídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “ψωρανθεμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press