ἁμαμηλίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ᾰ̓μόμηλῐς (ămómēlĭs)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.

Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́μᾰ (hắmă)

Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon)

Ancient Greek ἁμαμηλίς

Compound of ᾰ̔́μᾰ (hắmă, “at the same time [with]”) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”), literally “[which blossoms] at the same time [as the] apple [tree]”.

Pronunciation

(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 • (hămămēlĭ́s) f (genitive ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δος); third declension

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 hămămēlĭ́s	τὼ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δε tṑ hămămēlĭ́de	αἱ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δες hai hămămēlĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δος tês hămămēlĭ́dos	τοῖν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δοιν toîn hămămēlĭ́doin	τῶν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δων tôn hămămēlĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δῐ tēî hămămēlĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δοιν toîn hămămēlĭ́doin	ταῖς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́σῐ / ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́σῐν taîs hămămēlĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δᾰ tḕn hămămēlĭ́dă	τὼ ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δε tṑ hămămēlĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s hămămēlĭ́dăs
Vocative	ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ hămămēlĭ́	ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δε hămămēlĭ́de	ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́δες hămămēlĭ́des
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 -δς (-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
ἁμᾰμηλίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)