δριμύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /driː.mýs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /driˈmys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðriˈmys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðriˈmys/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðriˈmis/

Adjective

δρῑμῠ́ς • (drīmús) m (feminine δρῑμεῖᾰ, neuter δρῑμῠ́); first/third declension

Inflection

First and third declension of δρῑμῠ́ς; δρῑμεῖᾰ; δρῑμῠ́ (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	δρῑμῠ́ς drīmús	δρῑμεῖᾰ drīmeîa	δρῑμῠ́ drīmú	δρῑμέε drīmée	δρῑμείᾱ drīmeíā	δρῑμέε drīmée	δρῑμεῖς drīmeîs	δρῑμεῖαι drīmeîai	δρῑμέᾰ drīméa
Genitive	δρῑμέος drīméos	δρῑμείᾱς drīmeíās	δρῑμέος drīméos	δρῑμέοιν drīméoin	δρῑμείαιν drīmeíain	δρῑμέοιν drīméoin	δρῑμέων drīméōn	δρῑμειῶν drīmeiôn	δρῑμέων drīméōn
Dative	δρῑμεῖ drīmeî	δρῑμείᾳ drīmeíāi	δρῑμεῖ drīmeî	δρῑμέοιν drīméoin	δρῑμείαιν drīmeíain	δρῑμέοιν drīméoin	δρῑμέσῐ / δρῑμέσῐν drīmési(n)	δρῑμείαις drīmeíais	δρῑμέσῐ / δρῑμέσῐν drīmési(n)
Accusative	δρῑμῠ́ν drīmún	δρῑμεῖᾰν drīmeîan	δρῑμῠ́ drīmú	δρῑμέε drīmée	δρῑμείᾱ drīmeíā	δρῑμέε drīmée	δρῑμεῖς drīmeîs	δρῑμείᾱς drīmeíās	δρῑμέᾰ drīméa
Vocative	δρῑμῠ́ drīmú	δρῑμεῖᾰ drīmeîa	δρῑμῠ́ drīmú	δρῑμέε drīmée	δρῑμείᾱ drīmeíā	δρῑμέε drīmée	δρῑμεῖς drīmeîs	δρῑμεῖαι drīmeîai	δρῑμέᾰ drīméa
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	δρῑμέως drīméōs			δρῑμῠ́τερος drīmúteros			δρῑμῠ́τᾰτος drīmútatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Translingual: Drimys

References

“δριμύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“δριμύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“δριμύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
δριμύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
δριμύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
δριμύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- acrid idem, page 9.
- bright idem, page 98.
- discerning idem, page 229.
- harsh idem, page 387.
- hot idem, page 407.
- keen idem, page 467.
- penetrating idem, page 603.
- piercing idem, page 612.
- pungent idem, page 657.
- quick idem, page 665.
- rough idem, page 722.
- sagacious idem, page 731.
- sharp idem, page 762.
- sharp-witted idem, page 763.
- shrewd idem, page 770.
- smart idem, page 786.
- sour idem, page 796.
- stinging idem, page 818.
- tart idem, page 856.
- wit idem, page 983.
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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