βουμελία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βουμέλιος (boumélios)

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ μελία (melía, “manna ash”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buː.me.lí.aː/ → /βu.meˈli.a/ → /vu.meˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /buː.me.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bu.meˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βu.meˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vu.meˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vu.meˈli.a/

Noun

βουμελῐ́ᾱ • (boumelíā) f (genitive βουμελῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. common ash (Fraxinus excelsior)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βουμελῐ́ᾱ; τῆς βουμελῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βουμελῐ́ᾱ hē boumelíā	τὼ βουμελῐ́ᾱ tṑ boumelíā	αἱ βουμελῐ́αι hai boumelíai
Genitive	τῆς βουμελῐ́ᾱς tês boumelíās	τοῖν βουμελῐ́αιν toîn boumelíain	τῶν βουμελῐῶν tôn boumeliôn
Dative	τῇ βουμελῐ́ᾳ têi boumelíāi	τοῖν βουμελῐ́αιν toîn boumelíain	ταῖς βουμελῐ́αις taîs boumelíais
Accusative	τὴν βουμελῐ́ᾱν tḕn boumelíān	τὼ βουμελῐ́ᾱ tṑ boumelíā	τᾱ̀ς βουμελῐ́ᾱς tā̀s boumelíās
Vocative	βουμελῐ́ᾱ boumelíā	βουμελῐ́ᾱ boumelíā	βουμελῐ́αι boumelíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “βουμελία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βουμελία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βουμέλιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)