ἁμαμηλίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓μόμηλῐς (amómēlis)

Etymology

ᾰ̔́μᾰ (háma, “at the same time [with]”) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) = “[which blossoms] at the same time [as the] apple [tree]”

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.ma.mɛː.lís/ → /a.ma.miˈlis/ → /a.ma.miˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.ma.mɛː.lís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)a.ma.me̝ˈlis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ma.miˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ma.miˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ma.miˈlis/

Noun

ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς • (hamamēlís) f (genitive ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δος); third declension

1. a tree with fruit like the pear, a kind of medlar (Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus) or service tree (Sorbus)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς; τῆς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς hē hamamēlís	τὼ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δε tṑ hamamēlíde	αἱ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δες hai hamamēlídes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δος tês hamamēlídos	τοῖν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δοιν toîn hamamēlídoin	τῶν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δων tôn hamamēlídōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δῐ têi hamamēlídi	τοῖν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δοιν toîn hamamēlídoin	ταῖς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́σῐ / ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́σῐν taîs hamamēlísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δᾰ tḕn hamamēlída	τὼ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δε tṑ hamamēlíde	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s hamamēlídas
Vocative	ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς hamamēlís	ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δε hamamēlíde	ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δες hamamēlídes
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.

Descendants

• Translingual: Hamamelis

References

• “ἁμᾰμηλίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἁμαμηλίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁμαμηλίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)