ἑξάμιτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) +‎ μίτος (mítos, “thread, strand”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hek.sá.mi.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ekˈsa.mi.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ekˈsa.mi.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ekˈsa.mi.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ekˈsa.mi.tos/

Adjective

ἑξάμῐτος • (hexámĭtos) m (feminine ἑξᾰμίτη, neuter ἑξάμῐτον); first/second declension

having six strands
(Byzantine, nominalized, neuter) six-threaded (silk) fabric, velvet

Declension

First and second declension of ἑξᾰ́μῐτος; ἑξᾰμῐ́τη; ἑξᾰ́μῐτον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἑξᾰ́μῐτος hexắmĭtos	ἑξᾰμῐ́τη hexămĭ́tē	ἑξᾰ́μῐτον hexắmĭton	ἑξᾰμῐ́τω hexămĭ́tō	ἑξᾰμῐ́τᾱ hexămĭ́tā	ἑξᾰμῐ́τω hexămĭ́tō	ἑξᾰ́μῐτοι hexắmĭtoi	ἑξᾰ́μῐται hexắmĭtai	ἑξᾰ́μῐτᾰ hexắmĭtă
Genitive	ἑξᾰμῐ́του hexămĭ́tou	ἑξᾰμῐ́της hexămĭ́tēs	ἑξᾰμῐ́του hexămĭ́tou	ἑξᾰμῐ́τοιν hexămĭ́toin	ἑξᾰμῐ́ταιν hexămĭ́tain	ἑξᾰμῐ́τοιν hexămĭ́toin	ἑξᾰμῐ́των hexămĭ́tōn	ἑξᾰμῐ́των hexămĭ́tōn	ἑξᾰμῐ́των hexămĭ́tōn
Dative	ἑξᾰμῐ́τῳ hexămĭ́tōi	ἑξᾰμῐ́τῃ hexămĭ́tēi	ἑξᾰμῐ́τῳ hexămĭ́tōi	ἑξᾰμῐ́τοιν hexămĭ́toin	ἑξᾰμῐ́ταιν hexămĭ́tain	ἑξᾰμῐ́τοιν hexămĭ́toin	ἑξᾰμῐ́τοις hexămĭ́tois	ἑξᾰμῐ́ταις hexămĭ́tais	ἑξᾰμῐ́τοις hexămĭ́tois
Accusative	ἑξᾰ́μῐτον hexắmĭton	ἑξᾰμῐ́την hexămĭ́tēn	ἑξᾰ́μῐτον hexắmĭton	ἑξᾰμῐ́τω hexămĭ́tō	ἑξᾰμῐ́τᾱ hexămĭ́tā	ἑξᾰμῐ́τω hexămĭ́tō	ἑξᾰμῐ́τους hexămĭ́tous	ἑξᾰμῐ́τᾱς hexămĭ́tās	ἑξᾰ́μῐτᾰ hexắmĭtă
Vocative	ἑξᾰ́μῐτε hexắmĭte	ἑξᾰμῐ́τη hexămĭ́tē	ἑξᾰ́μῐτον hexắmĭton	ἑξᾰμῐ́τω hexămĭ́tō	ἑξᾰμῐ́τᾱ hexămĭ́tā	ἑξᾰμῐ́τω hexămĭ́tō	ἑξᾰ́μῐτοι hexắmĭtoi	ἑξᾰ́μῐται hexắmĭtai	ἑξᾰ́μῐτᾰ hexắmĭtă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἑξᾰμῐ́τως hexămĭ́tōs			ἑξᾰμῐτώτερος hexămĭtṓteros			ἑξᾰμῐτώτᾰτος hexămĭtṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: examitum, samitum
- Old French: samit
  - Middle French: samit
  - → Middle English: samite
    - → English: samite
  - → Middle High German: samīt
    - German: Samt, Sammt, Sammet (archaic)
      - → Latvian: samts
- → Old Polish: jaksamit, aksamient, aksemit, eksamit
  - Polish: aksamit, aksamet, aksamient, aksamint, aksament, jaksamit (Middle Polish), samit (Western Greater Poland), aksamita (“ribbon of a hat”) (Przemyśl)
    - → Kashubian: aksamit
  - Silesian: aksamit
→ Russian: аксами́т (aksamít)
→ Ukrainian: оксами́т (oksamýt)