μυρσίνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μυρρίνη (murrhínē) — Attic

Etymology

From μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”), with a change of consonant μυρτ-/μυρσ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /myr.sí.nɛː/ → /myrˈsi.ni/ → /mirˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /myr.sí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myrˈsi.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myrˈsi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myrˈsi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mirˈsi.ni/

Noun

μῠρσῐ́νη • (mursínē) f (genitive μῠρσῐ́νης); first declension

1. myrtle (Myrtus communis)

   Synonym: μύρτος (múrtos)

2. wreath or branch of myrtle

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μῠρσῐ́νη; τῆς μῠρσῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠρσῐ́νη hē mursínē	τὼ μῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ mursínā	αἱ μῠρσῐ́ναι hai mursínai
Genitive	τῆς μῠρσῐ́νης tês mursínēs	τοῖν μῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn mursínain	τῶν μῠρσῐνῶν tôn mursinôn
Dative	τῇ μῠρσῐ́νῃ têi mursínēi	τοῖν μῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn mursínain	ταῖς μῠρσῐ́ναις taîs mursínais
Accusative	τὴν μῠρσῐ́νην tḕn mursínēn	τὼ μῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ mursínā	τᾱ̀ς μῠρσῐ́νᾱς tā̀s mursínās
Vocative	μῠρσῐ́νη mursínē	μῠρσῐ́νᾱ mursínā	μῠρσῐ́ναι mursínai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κεντρομυρσίνη (kentromursínē)
• μυρσινᾶτον (mursinâton)
• μυρσινέλαιον (mursinélaion)
• μυρσίνινος (mursíninos)
• μυρσινίτης (mursinítēs)
• μυρσινοειδής (mursinoeidḗs)
• μυρσινών (mursinṓn)

 

Descendants

• Greek: μυρσίνη (myrsíni)
• → Translingual: Myrsine

References

• “μυρσίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μυρσίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μυρσίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek μυρσίνη (mursínē).

Noun

μυρσίνη • (myrsíni) f (plural μυρσίνες)

1. myrtle

Declension

Declension of μυρσίνη

	singular	plural
nominative	μυρσίνη •	μυρσίνες •
genitive	μυρσίνης •	μυρσινών •
accusative	μυρσίνη •	μυρσίνες •
vocative	μυρσίνη •	μυρσίνες •

Synonyms

• μυρτιά f (myrtiá)