γλωσσίς
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue”) + -ις (-is, feminine noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡlɔːs.sís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡlosˈsis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣlosˈsis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣlosˈsis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣloˈsis/
Noun
γλωσσῐ́ς • (glōssĭ́s) f (genitive γλωσσῐ́δος); third declension
- (anatomy) mouth of the windpipe; glottis
- (music) mouthpiece of a wind instrument, in which the reed was inserted
- wryneck, corncrake, landrail
- Synonym: ῐ̓́ῠγξ (ĭ́ŭnx)
- shoelace, latchet
- (in the plural, medicine) inflammation of the tongue
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ γλωσσῐ́ς hē glōssĭ́s |
τὼ γλωσσῐ́δε tṑ glōssĭ́de |
αἱ γλωσσῐ́δες hai glōssĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς γλωσσῐ́δος tês glōssĭ́dos |
τοῖν γλωσσῐ́δοιν toîn glōssĭ́doin |
τῶν γλωσσῐ́δων tôn glōssĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ γλωσσῐ́δῐ têi glōssĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν γλωσσῐ́δοιν toîn glōssĭ́doin |
ταῖς γλωσσῐ́σῐ / γλωσσῐ́σῐν taîs glōssĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν γλωσσῐ́δᾰ tḕn glōssĭ́dă |
τὼ γλωσσῐ́δε tṑ glōssĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς γλωσσῐ́δᾰς tā̀s glōssĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γλωσσῐ́ς glōssĭ́s |
γλωσσῐ́δε glōssĭ́de |
γλωσσῐ́δες glōssĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γλωσσῐ́δῐον (glōssĭ́dĭon, diminutive)
References
- “γλωττίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γλωσσίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)