ἄμαλλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Considered to be a derivation from the verb ἀμάομαι (amáomai, “to gather”). However, if this verb is used primarily for drawing liquids, it can hardly be connected with this noun. One might also think of ἀμάω (amáō, “to reap”), however, given the suffix -λλ-, Beekes calls the word Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.mal.la/ → /ˈa.mal.la/ → /ˈa.ma.la/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.mal.la/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mal.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mal.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mal.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma.la/

Noun

ἄμᾰλλᾰ • (ámalla) f (genitive ἀμᾰ́λλης); first declension

1. sheaf, bundle of ears of corn

   Synonym: δρᾰ́γμᾰ (drágma)

2. (poetic, by extension) corn

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἄμᾰλλᾰ; τῆς ἀμᾰ́λλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄμᾰλλᾰ hē ámalla	τὼ ἀμᾰ́λλᾱ tṑ amállā	αἱ ἄμᾰλλαι hai ámallai
Genitive	τῆς ἀμᾰ́λλης tês amállēs	τοῖν ἀμᾰ́λλαιν toîn amállain	τῶν ἀμᾰλλῶν tôn amallôn
Dative	τῇ ἀμᾰ́λλῃ têi amállēi	τοῖν ἀμᾰ́λλαιν toîn amállain	ταῖς ἀμᾰ́λλαις taîs amállais
Accusative	τὴν ἄμᾰλλᾰν tḕn ámallan	τὼ ἀμᾰ́λλᾱ tṑ amállā	τᾱ̀ς ἀμᾰ́λλᾱς tā̀s amállās
Vocative	ἄμᾰλλᾰ ámalla	ἀμᾰ́λλᾱ amállā	ἄμᾰλλαι ámallai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμᾰλλεῖον (amalleîon)
• ἀμᾰλλεύω (amalleúō)
• ἀμᾰλλοδετήρ (amallodetḗr)
• ἀμᾰλλοτόκειᾰ (amallotókeia)
• ἀμᾰλλοφόρος (amallophóros)

 

Further reading

• “ἄμαλλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄμαλλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄμαλλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄμαλλα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN