δροσόλιθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δρόσος (drósos, “dew”) +‎ λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dro.só.li.tʰos/ → /ðroˈso.li.θos/ → /ðroˈso.li.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dro.só.li.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /droˈso.li.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðroˈso.li.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðroˈso.li.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðroˈso.li.θos/

Noun

δροσόλῐθος • (drosólithos) m (genitive δροσολῐ́θου); second declension

1. kind of gem

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δροσόλῐθος; τοῦ δροσολῐ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δροσόλῐθος ho drosólithos	τὼ δροσολῐ́θω tṑ drosolíthō	οἱ δροσόλῐθοι hoi drosólithoi
Genitive	τοῦ δροσολῐ́θου toû drosolíthou	τοῖν δροσολῐ́θοιν toîn drosolíthoin	τῶν δροσολῐ́θων tôn drosolíthōn
Dative	τῷ δροσολῐ́θῳ tôi drosolíthōi	τοῖν δροσολῐ́θοιν toîn drosolíthoin	τοῖς δροσολῐ́θοις toîs drosolíthois
Accusative	τὸν δροσόλῐθον tòn drosólithon	τὼ δροσολῐ́θω tṑ drosolíthō	τοὺς δροσολῐ́θους toùs drosolíthous
Vocative	δροσόλῐθε drosólithe	δροσολῐ́θω drosolíthō	δροσόλῐθοι drosólithoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: drosolithus

Further reading

• “δροσόλιθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δροσόλιθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δροσόλιθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)