ἱμάσθλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂i-men (“to tie; to bind”), like ῐ̔μᾱ́ς (hĭmā́s, “leather strap”), ῐ̔μᾰ́ω (hĭmắō, “to draw up water from a well”) and ῑ̔μονῐᾱ́ (hīmonĭā́, “well-rope”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.más.tʰlɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈmas.tʰle̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈmas.θli/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈmas.θli/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈmas.θli/

Noun

ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλη • (hĭmắsthlē) f (genitive ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλης); first declension

thong of a whip
(figuratively) rudder of a ship

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλη; τῆς ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλη hē hĭmắsthlē	τὼ ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλᾱ tṑ hĭmắsthlā	αἱ ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλαι hai hĭmắsthlai
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλης tês hĭmắsthlēs	τοῖν ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλαιν toîn hĭmắsthlain	τῶν ῐ̔μᾰσθλῶν tôn hĭmăsthlôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλῃ tēî hĭmắsthlēi	τοῖν ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλαιν toîn hĭmắsthlain	ταῖς ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλαις taîs hĭmắsthlais
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλην tḕn hĭmắsthlēn	τὼ ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλᾱ tṑ hĭmắsthlā	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλᾱς tā̀s hĭmắsthlās
Vocative	ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλη hĭmắsthlē	ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλᾱ hĭmắsthlā	ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλαι hĭmắsthlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

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