ἄμι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἄμμῐ (ámmi)

Etymology

Hemmerdinger proposes a derivation from Egyptian ꜥmꜣw (“a kind of medicinal plant”),^[1] but, as both the reading and the meaning of that word are uncertain, its status as an etymon is highly questionable.^[2]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ἄμῐ • (ámi) n (genitive ἄμεως); third declension

ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi)
bisnaga (Visnaga daucoides, syn. Ammi visnaga)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́μῐ; τοῦ ᾰ̓́μεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́μῐ tò ámi	τὼ ᾰ̓́μει tṑ ámei	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́μη / ᾰ̓́μεᾰ tà ámē / ámea
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́μεως toû ámeōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓μέοιν toîn améoin	τῶν ᾰ̓́μεων tôn ámeōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́μει tôi ámei	τοῖν ᾰ̓μέοιν toîn améoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́μεσῐ / ᾰ̓́μεσῐν toîs ámesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́μῐ tò ámi	τὼ ᾰ̓́μει tṑ ámei	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́μη / ᾰ̓́μεᾰ tà ámē / ámea
Vocative	ᾰ̓́μῐ ámi	ᾰ̓́μει ámei	ᾰ̓́μη / ᾰ̓́μεᾰ ámē / ámea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: ami
Translingual: Ammi

References

“ἄμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἄμι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄμι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

^ Hemmerdinger, Bertrand (1968) “Noms Communs Grecs d’Origine Egyptienne” in Glotta, vol. 46, issue 3/4, page 247
^ Pierce, Richard Holton (1971) “Egyptian Loan-words in Ancient Greek” in Symbolae Osloenses, fascicle 46, page 100–101

[1] Hemmerdinger, Bertrand (1968) “Noms Communs Grecs d’Origine Egyptienne” in Glotta, vol. 46, issue 3/4, page 247

[2] Pierce, Richard Holton (1971) “Egyptian Loan-words in Ancient Greek” in Symbolae Osloenses, fascicle 46, page 100–101

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