θηλυπτερίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θηλυπτέριον (thēluptérion)

Etymology

From θῆλυς (thêlus, “female”) +‎ πτέρις (ptéris, “fern”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.lyp.te.rís/ → /θi.lyp.teˈris/ → /θi.lip.teˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.lyp.te.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe̝.lyp.teˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θi.lyp.teˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θi.lyp.teˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.lip.teˈris/

Noun

θηλῠπτερῐ́ς • (thēlupterís) f (genitive θηλῠπτερῐ́δος); third declension

1. bracken (Pteris aquilina)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ θηλῠπτερῐ́ς; τῆς θηλῠπτερῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θηλῠπτερῐ́ς hē thēlupterís	τὼ θηλῠπτερῐ́δε tṑ thēlupteríde	αἱ θηλῠπτερῐ́δες hai thēlupterídes
Genitive	τῆς θηλῠπτερῐ́δος tês thēlupterídos	τοῖν θηλῠπτερῐ́δοιν toîn thēlupterídoin	τῶν θηλῠπτερῐ́δων tôn thēlupterídōn
Dative	τῇ θηλῠπτερῐ́δῐ têi thēlupterídi	τοῖν θηλῠπτερῐ́δοιν toîn thēlupterídoin	ταῖς θηλῠπτερῐ́σῐ / θηλῠπτερῐ́σῐν taîs thēlupterísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν θηλῠπτερῐ́δᾰ tḕn thēlupterída	τὼ θηλῠπτερῐ́δε tṑ thēlupteríde	τᾱ̀ς θηλῠπτερῐ́δᾰς tā̀s thēlupterídas
Vocative	θηλῠπτερῐ́ς thēlupterís	θηλῠπτερῐ́δε thēlupteríde	θηλῠπτερῐ́δες thēlupterídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “θηλυπτερίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θηλυπτερίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette