ἀγαλλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No etymology according to Beekes. The Diccionario Griego-Español proposes a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow”), through Thracian, and subsequently influenced by the unrelated verb ἀγάλλομαι (agállomai, “to be proud, exult in”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡal.lís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡalˈlis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣalˈlis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣalˈlis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈlis/

Noun

ἀγᾰλλῐ́ς • (agăllĭ́s) f (genitive ἀγᾰλλῐ́δος); third declension

Greek iris (Iris attica)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀγᾰλλῐ́ς; τῆς ἀγᾰλλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀγᾰλλῐ́ς hē agăllĭ́s	τὼ ἀγᾰλλῐ́δε tṑ agăllĭ́de	αἱ ἀγᾰλλῐ́δες hai agăllĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἀγᾰλλῐ́δος tês agăllĭ́dos	τοῖν ἀγᾰλλῐ́δοιν toîn agăllĭ́doin	τῶν ἀγᾰλλῐ́δων tôn agăllĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἀγᾰλλῐ́δῐ têi agăllĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἀγᾰλλῐ́δοιν toîn agăllĭ́doin	ταῖς ἀγᾰλλῐ́σῐ / ἀγᾰλλῐ́σῐν taîs agăllĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀγᾰλλῐ́δᾰ tḕn agăllĭ́dă	τὼ ἀγᾰλλῐ́δε tṑ agăllĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἀγᾰλλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s agăllĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἀγᾰλλῐ́ς agăllĭ́s	ἀγᾰλλῐ́δε agăllĭ́de	ἀγᾰλλῐ́δες agăllĭ́des
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 *-ds.

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