Πλημμύριον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Πλημῡ́ρῐον (Plēmū́rion)

Etymology

From πλήμμῡρᾰ (plḗmmūra), πλήμῡρᾰ (plḗmūra, “flood-tide, flood”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plɛːm.my̌ː.ri.on/ → /plimˈmy.ri.on/ → /pliˈmi.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plɛːm.my̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ple̝mˈmy.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /plimˈmy.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /plimˈmy.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pliˈmi.ri.on/

Proper noun

Πλημμῡ́ρῐον • (Plēmmū́rion) n (genitive Πλημμῡρῐ́ου); second declension

1. Plemmyrium

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Πλημμῡ́ρῐον; τοῦ Πλημμῡρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Πλημμῡ́ρῐον tò Plēmmū́rion
Genitive	τοῦ Πλημμῡρῐ́ου toû Plēmmūríou
Dative	τῷ Πλημμῡρῐ́ῳ tôi Plēmmūríōi
Accusative	τὸ Πλημμῡ́ρῐον tò Plēmmū́rion
Vocative	Πλημμῡ́ρῐον Plēmmū́rion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πλημμύριο (Plimmýrio)
• Latin: Plēmmȳrium
  • English: Plemmyrium
  • Italian: Plemmirio
  • Sicilian: Plimmìriu

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
• Πλημμύριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette