ἀμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́μη (ắmē, “water bucket”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓μῐ́ς • (ămĭ́s) f (genitive ᾰ̓μῐ́δος); third declension

  1. chamber pot
    Synonyms: ἐνουρήθρᾱ (enourḗthrā), οὐρᾰ́νη (ourắnē), οὐρητρῐ́ς (ourētrĭ́s), σκωρᾰμῐ́ς (skōrămĭ́s), χερνῐ́βῐον (khernĭ́bĭon)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓μῐ́ς; τῆς ᾰ̓μῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓μῐ́ς
hē ămĭ́s 		τὼ ᾰ̓μῐ́δε
tṑ ămĭ́de 		αἱ ᾰ̓μῐ́δες
hai ămĭ́des
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓μῐ́δος
tês ămĭ́dos 		τοῖν ᾰ̓μῐ́δοιν
toîn ămĭ́doin 		τῶν ᾰ̓μῐ́δων
tôn ămĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓μῐ́δῐ
tēî ămĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν ᾰ̓μῐ́δοιν
toîn ămĭ́doin 		ταῖς ᾰ̓μῐ́σῐ / ᾰ̓μῐ́σῐν
taîs ămĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓μῐ́δᾰ
tḕn ămĭ́dă 		τὼ ᾰ̓μῐ́δε
tṑ ămĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s ămĭ́dăs
Vocative ᾰ̓μῐ́
ămĭ́ 		ᾰ̓μῐ́δε
ămĭ́de 		ᾰ̓μῐ́δες
ămĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

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