γνοτέρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γνωτέρα (gnōtéra)

Etymology

Furnée compares ἀγνωτίδιον (agnōtídion, “kind of fish”), suggesting a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡno.té.raː/ → /ɣnoˈte.ra/ → /ɣnoˈte.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡno.té.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡnoˈte.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣnoˈte.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣnoˈte.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣnoˈte.ra/

Noun

γνοτέρᾱ • (gnotérā) f (genitive γνοτέρᾱς); first declension

1. black horehound (Ballota nigra)

   Synonyms: βᾰλλωτή (ballōtḗ), μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον (melamprásion)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γνοτέρᾱ; τῆς γνοτέρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γνοτέρᾱ hē gnotérā	τὼ γνοτέρᾱ tṑ gnotérā	αἱ γνοτέραι hai gnotérai
Genitive	τῆς γνοτέρᾱς tês gnotérās	τοῖν γνοτέραιν toîn gnotérain	τῶν γνοτερῶν tôn gnoterôn
Dative	τῇ γνοτέρᾳ têi gnotérāi	τοῖν γνοτέραιν toîn gnotérain	ταῖς γνοτέραις taîs gnotérais
Accusative	τὴν γνοτέρᾱν tḕn gnotérān	τὼ γνοτέρᾱ tṑ gnotérā	τᾱ̀ς γνοτέρᾱς tā̀s gnotérās
Vocative	γνοτέρᾱ gnotérā	γνοτέρᾱ gnotérā	γνοτέραι gnotérai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γνοτέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γνοτέρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN