οἰνάνθη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἴνη (oínē, “vine”) and ἄνθη (ánthē, “blossom”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.nán.tʰɛː/ → /yˈnan.θi/ → /iˈnan.θi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.nán.tʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /yˈnan.tʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈnan.θi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈnan.θi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈnan.θi/

Noun

οἰνάνθη • (oinánthē) f (genitive οἰνάνθης); first declension

1. (botany) inflorescence of the grapevine
2. (generally) vine
3. dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris)
4. wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ οἰνάνθη; τῆς οἰνάνθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ οἰνάνθη hē oinánthē	τὼ οἰνάνθᾱ tṑ oinánthā	αἱ οἰνάνθαι hai oinánthai
Genitive	τῆς οἰνάνθης tês oinánthēs	τοῖν οἰνάνθαιν toîn oinánthain	τῶν οἰνανθῶν tôn oinanthôn
Dative	τῇ οἰνάνθῃ têi oinánthēi	τοῖν οἰνάνθαιν toîn oinánthain	ταῖς οἰνάνθαις taîs oinánthais
Accusative	τὴν οἰνάνθην tḕn oinánthēn	τὼ οἰνάνθᾱ tṑ oinánthā	τᾱ̀ς οἰνάνθᾱς tā̀s oinánthās
Vocative	οἰνάνθη oinánthē	οἰνάνθᾱ oinánthā	οἰνάνθαι oinánthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• οἰνανθάριον (oinanthárion)
• οἰνάνθινος (oinánthinos)
• οἰνανθίς (oinanthís)

Descendants

• Translingual: Oenanthe

References

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