Σαλαμίς
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Σαλαμίν (Salamín)
Etymology
From ἅλς (háls) + -αμίς (-amís, “the middle”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sa.la.mǐːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sa.laˈmis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sa.laˈmis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sa.laˈmis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sa.laˈmis/
Proper noun
Σᾰλᾰμῑ́ς • (Salamī́s) f (genitive Σᾰλᾰμῖνος); third declension
- Salamis, a Greek island between Athens and Megara.
- Salamis, a city on Cyprus founded by Teucer of Salamis, the island.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Σᾰλᾰμῑ́ς hē Salamī́s | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Σᾰλᾰμῖνος tês Salamînos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Σᾰλᾰμῖνῐ têi Salamîni | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Σᾰλᾰμῖνᾰ tḕn Salamîna | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σᾰλᾰμῑ́ς Salamī́s | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Σᾰλᾰμῑνᾰφέτης (Salamīnaphétēs)
- Σᾰλᾰμῑνῐᾰ́ς (Salamīniás)
- Σᾰλᾰμῑ́νῐος (Salamī́nios)
- Σᾰλᾰμῑνῐ́ᾱ (Salamīníā)
Descendants
References
- “Σαλαμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4529 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024