κανθύλη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κονθηλή (konthēlḗ)
Etymology
Beekes derives the term from Pre-Greek on the basis of the α / ο variation.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kan.tʰy̌ː.lɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kanˈtʰy.le̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kanˈθy.li/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kanˈθy.li/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kanˈθi.li/
Noun
κᾰνθῡ́λη • (kănthū́lē) f (genitive κᾰνθῡ́λης); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰνθῡ́λη hē kănthū́lē |
τὼ κᾰνθῡ́λᾱ tṑ kănthū́lā |
αἱ κᾰνθῦλαι hai kănthûlai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰνθῡ́λης tês kănthū́lēs |
τοῖν κᾰνθῡ́λαιν toîn kănthū́lain |
τῶν κᾰνθῡλῶν tôn kănthūlôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰνθῡ́λῃ tēî kănthū́lēi |
τοῖν κᾰνθῡ́λαιν toîn kănthū́lain |
ταῖς κᾰνθῡ́λαις taîs kănthū́lais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰνθῡ́λην tḕn kănthū́lēn |
τὼ κᾰνθῡ́λᾱ tṑ kănthū́lā |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰνθῡ́λᾱς tā̀s kănthū́lās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰνθῡ́λη kănthū́lē |
κᾰνθῡ́λᾱ kănthū́lā |
κᾰνθῦλαι kănthûlai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κανθύλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κανθύλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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