ξυλαμή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξῠλᾰμᾰ́ω (xulamáō, “to plant, sow”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksy.la.mɛ̌ː/ → /ksy.laˈmi/ → /ksi.laˈmi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksy.la.mɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksy.laˈme̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksy.laˈmi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksy.laˈmi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksi.laˈmi/

Noun

ξῠλᾰμή • (xulamḗ) f (genitive ξῠλᾰμῆς); first declension

1. sowing, planting (of green crops or fodder)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ξῠλᾰμή; τῆς ξῠλᾰμῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῠλᾰμή hē xulamḗ	τὼ ξῠλᾰμᾱ́ tṑ xulamā́	αἱ ξῠλᾰμαί hai xulamaí
Genitive	τῆς ξῠλᾰμῆς tês xulamês	τοῖν ξῠλᾰμαῖν toîn xulamaîn	τῶν ξῠλᾰμῶν tôn xulamôn
Dative	τῇ ξῠλᾰμῇ têi xulamêi	τοῖν ξῠλᾰμαῖν toîn xulamaîn	ταῖς ξῠλᾰμαῖς taîs xulamaîs
Accusative	τὴν ξῠλᾰμήν tḕn xulamḗn	τὼ ξῠλᾰμᾱ́ tṑ xulamā́	τᾱ̀ς ξῠλᾰμᾱ́ς tā̀s xulamā́s
Vocative	ξῠλᾰμή xulamḗ	ξῠλᾰμᾱ́ xulamā́	ξῠλᾰμαί xulamaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ξυλαμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press