ἐμύς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἑμύς (hemús)
- ἀμύς (amús)
Etymology
Etymology uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.mýs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈmys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈmys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈmys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈmis/
Noun
ἐμῠ́ς • (emús) f (genitive ἐμῠ́δος); third declension
- (zoology) freshwater tortoise, particularly Emys orbicularis
Usage notes
This word is primarily feminine but sometimes masculine, as in:
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ ἐμῠ́ς ho, hē emús |
τὼ ἐμῠ́δε tṑ emúde |
οἱ, αἱ ἐμῠ́δες hoi, hai emúdes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς ἐμῠ́δος toû, tês emúdos |
τοῖν ἐμῠ́δοιν toîn emúdoin |
τῶν ἐμῠ́δων tôn emúdōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ ἐμῠ́δῐ tôi, têi emúdi |
τοῖν ἐμῠ́δοιν toîn emúdoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς ἐμῠ́σῐ / ἐμῠ́σῐν toîs, taîs emúsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν ἐμῠ́δᾰ tòn, tḕn emúda |
τὼ ἐμῠ́δε tṑ emúde |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἐμῠ́δᾰς toùs, tā̀s emúdas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐμῠ́ς emús |
ἐμῠ́δε emúde |
ἐμῠ́δες emúdes | ||||||||||
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References
- ἐμύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐμύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐμύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
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