ἄγρωστις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Compare ᾰ̓γρώτης (agrṓtēs, “of the field”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.ɡrɔːs.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡros.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɣros.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɣros.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɣros.tis/
Noun
ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς • (ágrōstis) f (genitive ᾰ̓γρώστῐδος or ᾰ̓γρώστεως); third declension
- a grass that mules fed on, perhaps Elymus repens
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς hē ágrōstis |
τὼ ᾰ̓γρώστῐδε tṑ agrṓstide |
αἱ ᾰ̓γρώστῐδες hai agrṓstides | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓γρώστῐδος tês agrṓstidos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓γρωστῐ́δοιν toîn agrōstídoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓γρωστῐ́δων tôn agrōstídōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓γρώστῐδῐ têi agrṓstidi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓γρωστῐ́δοιν toîn agrōstídoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓γρώστῐσῐ / ᾰ̓γρώστῐσῐν taîs agrṓstisi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓γρώστῐδᾰ tḕn agrṓstida |
τὼ ᾰ̓γρώστῐδε tṑ agrṓstide |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γρώστῐδᾰς tā̀s agrṓstidas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς ágrōstis |
ᾰ̓γρώστῐδε agrṓstide |
ᾰ̓γρώστῐδες agrṓstides | ||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς hē ágrōstis |
τὼ ᾰ̓γρώστει tṑ agrṓstei |
αἱ ᾰ̓γρώστεις hai agrṓsteis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓γρώστεως tês agrṓsteōs |
τοῖν ᾰ̓γρωστέοιν toîn agrōstéoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓γρώστεων tôn agrṓsteōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓γρώστει têi agrṓstei |
τοῖν ᾰ̓γρωστέοιν toîn agrōstéoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓γρώστεσῐ / ᾰ̓γρώστεσῐν taîs agrṓstesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓́γρωστῐν tḕn ágrōstin |
τὼ ᾰ̓γρώστει tṑ agrṓstei |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γρώστεις tā̀s agrṓsteis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́γρωστῐ ágrōsti |
ᾰ̓γρώστει agrṓstei |
ᾰ̓γρώστεις agrṓsteis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- καλαμάγρωστις (kalamágrōstis)
Descendants
- Translingual: Agrostis
References
- “ἄγρωστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄγρωστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄγρωστις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄγρωστις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄγρωστις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄγρωστις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)