ἁλμυρός

See also: αλμυρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅλμ(η) (hálm(ē), “saltwater”) +‎ -υρός (-urós).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hal.my.rós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)al.myˈros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /al.myˈros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /al.myˈros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /al.miˈros/

Adjective

ἁλμῠρός • (halmŭrós) m (feminine ἁλμῠρᾱ́, neuter ἁλμῠρόν); first/second declension

salty

Declension

First and second declension of ἁλμῠρός; ἁλμῠρᾱ́; ἁλμῠρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἁλμῠρός halmŭrós	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmŭrā́	ἁλμῠρόν halmŭrón	ἁλμῠρώ halmŭrṓ	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmŭrā́	ἁλμῠρώ halmŭrṓ	ἁλμῠροί halmŭroí	ἁλμῠραί halmŭraí	ἁλμῠρᾰ́ halmŭrắ
Genitive	ἁλμῠροῦ halmŭroû	ἁλμῠρᾶς halmŭrâs	ἁλμῠροῦ halmŭroû	ἁλμῠροῖν halmŭroîn	ἁλμῠραῖν halmŭraîn	ἁλμῠροῖν halmŭroîn	ἁλμῠρῶν halmŭrôn	ἁλμῠρῶν halmŭrôn	ἁλμῠρῶν halmŭrôn
Dative	ἁλμῠρῷ halmŭrōî	ἁλμῠρᾷ halmŭrāî	ἁλμῠρῷ halmŭrōî	ἁλμῠροῖν halmŭroîn	ἁλμῠραῖν halmŭraîn	ἁλμῠροῖν halmŭroîn	ἁλμῠροῖς halmŭroîs	ἁλμῠραῖς halmŭraîs	ἁλμῠροῖς halmŭroîs
Accusative	ἁλμῠρόν halmŭrón	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ν halmŭrā́n	ἁλμῠρόν halmŭrón	ἁλμῠρώ halmŭrṓ	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmŭrā́	ἁλμῠρώ halmŭrṓ	ἁλμῠρούς halmŭroús	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ς halmŭrā́s	ἁλμῠρᾰ́ halmŭrắ
Vocative	ἁλμῠρέ halmŭré	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmŭrā́	ἁλμῠρόν halmŭrón	ἁλμῠρώ halmŭrṓ	ἁλμῠρᾱ́ halmŭrā́	ἁλμῠρώ halmŭrṓ	ἁλμῠροί halmŭroí	ἁλμῠραί halmŭraí	ἁλμῠρᾰ́ halmŭrắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἁλμῠρῶς halmŭrôs			ἁλμῠρώτερος halmŭrṓteros			ἁλμῠρώτᾰτος halmŭrṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἁλμυρίς (halmurís)
ἁλμυρώδης (halmurṓdēs)

Descendants

Greek: αλμυρός (almyrós)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἅλς , ἁλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74: “DER > 1. > line 2 > ἁλμυρός”

“ἁλμυρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἁλμυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἁλμυρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“ἁλμυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἁλμυρός”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- brackish idem, page 92.
- briny idem, page 100.
- saline idem, page 732.
- salt idem, page 732.
ἁλμυρός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἅλς , ἁλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74: “DER > 1. > line 2 > ἁλμυρός”

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