λινόζωστις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λινοζῶστις (linozôstis)

Etymology

From λίνον (línon, “flax”) +‎ ζώννῡμι (zṓnnūmi, “to gird”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.nóz.dɔːs.tis/ → /liˈno.zos.tis/ → /liˈno.zos.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.nóz.dɔːs.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈno.zos.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈno.zos.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈno.zos.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈno.zos.tis/

Noun

λῐνόζωστῐς • (linózōstis) f (genitive λῐνοζώστεως or λῐνοζώστῐδος); third declension

1. mercury (Mercurialis annua)

   Synonym: ἀργυρῖτις (argurîtis)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λῐνόζωστῐς; τῆς λῐνοζώστεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐνόζωστῐς hē linózōstis	τὼ λῐνοζώστει tṑ linozṓstei	αἱ λῐνοζώστεις hai linozṓsteis
Genitive	τῆς λῐνοζώστεως tês linozṓsteōs	τοῖν λῐνοζωστέοιν toîn linozōstéoin	τῶν λῐνοζώστεων tôn linozṓsteōn
Dative	τῇ λῐνοζώστει têi linozṓstei	τοῖν λῐνοζωστέοιν toîn linozōstéoin	ταῖς λῐνοζώστεσῐ / λῐνοζώστεσῐν taîs linozṓstesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῐνόζωστῐν tḕn linózōstin	τὼ λῐνοζώστει tṑ linozṓstei	τᾱ̀ς λῐνοζώστεις tā̀s linozṓsteis
Vocative	λῐνόζωστῐ linózōsti	λῐνοζώστει linozṓstei	λῐνοζώστεις linozṓsteis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ λῐνόζωστῐς; τῆς λῐνοζώστῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐνόζωστῐς hē linózōstis	τὼ λῐνοζώστῐδε tṑ linozṓstide	αἱ λῐνοζώστῐδες hai linozṓstides
Genitive	τῆς λῐνοζώστῐδος tês linozṓstidos	τοῖν λῐνοζωστῐ́δοιν toîn linozōstídoin	τῶν λῐνοζωστῐ́δων tôn linozōstídōn
Dative	τῇ λῐνοζώστῐδῐ têi linozṓstidi	τοῖν λῐνοζωστῐ́δοιν toîn linozōstídoin	ταῖς λῐνοζώστῐσῐ / λῐνοζώστῐσῐν taîs linozṓstisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῐνοζώστῐδᾰ tḕn linozṓstida	τὼ λῐνοζώστῐδε tṑ linozṓstide	τᾱ̀ς λῐνοζώστῐδᾰς tā̀s linozṓstidas
Vocative	λῐνόζωστῐς linózōstis	λῐνοζώστῐδε linozṓstide	λῐνοζώστῐδες linozṓstides
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.

Further reading

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