μαρίλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σμαρίλη (smarílē)

Etymology

Formation like ζωμίλη (zōmílē), κονίλη (konílē) and μυστίλη (mustílē). The form with σμ-, probably shows that the word is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.rǐː.lɛː/ → /maˈri.li/ → /maˈri.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.rǐː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈri.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈri.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈri.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈri.li/

Noun

μᾰρῑ́λη • (marī́lē) f (genitive μᾰρῑ́λης); first declension

1. embers of charcoal, coaldust

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μᾰρῑ́λη; τῆς μᾰρῑ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰρῑ́λη hē marī́lē	τὼ μᾰρῑ́λᾱ tṑ marī́lā	αἱ μᾰρῖλαι hai marîlai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰρῑ́λης tês marī́lēs	τοῖν μᾰρῑ́λαιν toîn marī́lain	τῶν μᾰρῑλῶν tôn marīlôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰρῑ́λῃ têi marī́lēi	τοῖν μᾰρῑ́λαιν toîn marī́lain	ταῖς μᾰρῑ́λαις taîs marī́lais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰρῑ́λην tḕn marī́lēn	τὼ μᾰρῑ́λᾱ tṑ marī́lā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰρῑ́λᾱς tā̀s marī́lās
Vocative	μᾰρῑ́λη marī́lē	μᾰρῑ́λᾱ marī́lā	μᾰρῖλαι marîlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μαριλευτής (marileutḗs)
• μαρίλιον (marílion)
• μαριλοκαύτης (marilokaútēs)
• μαριλοπότης (marilopótēs)

 

Descendants

• → Old Georgian: მარილი (marili)
  • Georgian: მარილი (marili, “salt”)

Further reading

• “μαρίλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μαρίλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μαρίλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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