μέρμις
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editThe formation is similar to γέλγῑς (gélgīs), δέλλῑς (déllīs) and ὄρνῑς (órnīs). Cognates have been supposed in μηρύω (mērúō, “to wind up”) as well as in βρόχος (brókhos, “noose”) and μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”). The word may be of Pre-Greek origin and related to μήρινθος (mḗrinthos, “fishing line”) and μῆριγξ (mêrinx, “bristle, hair”) but compare Latvian mer̂ga, Proto-Slavic *merža (“net”), and possibly Lithuanian márška (“fishing net”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mér.miːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmer.mis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmer.mis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmer.mis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmer.mis/
Noun
editμέρμῑς • (mérmīs) f (genitive μέρμῑθος); third declension
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μέρμῑς hē mérmīs |
τὼ μέρμῑθε tṑ mérmīthe |
αἱ μέρμῑθες hai mérmīthes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μέρμῑθος tês mérmīthos |
τοῖν μερμῑ́θοιν toîn mermī́thoin |
τῶν μερμῑ́θων tôn mermī́thōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μέρμῑθῐ têi mérmīthi |
τοῖν μερμῑ́θοιν toîn mermī́thoin |
ταῖς μέρμῑσῐ / μέρμῑσῐν taîs mérmīsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μέρμῑθᾰ tḕn mérmītha |
τὼ μέρμῑθε tṑ mérmīthe |
τᾱ̀ς μέρμῑθᾰς tā̀s mérmīthas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μέρμῑς mérmīs |
μέρμῑθε mérmīthe |
μέρμῑθες mérmīthes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- → Translingual: Mermis
References
edit- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2084”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2084
Further reading
edit- “μέρμις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέρμις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μέρμις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μέρμις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μέρμις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension