σμῖλαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μῖλαξ (mîlax)
• μῖλος (mîlos)
• σμῖλος (smîlos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the variants prove Pre-Greek origin for this word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zmîː.laks/ → /ˈzmi.laks/ → /ˈzmi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zmîː.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzmi.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmi.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmi.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzmi.laks/

Noun

σμῖλαξ • (smîlax) f (genitive σμίλακος); third declension

1. holm oak (Quercus ilex)
2. yew (Taxus baccata)
3. smilax (Smilax aspera)
4. bindweed (Convolvulus spp.)
5. cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)

   Synonym: φάσηλος (phásēlos)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σμῖλᾰξ; τῆς σμῑ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σμῖλᾰξ hē smîlax	τὼ σμῑ́λᾰκε tṑ smī́lake	αἱ σμῑ́λᾰκες hai smī́lakes
Genitive	τῆς σμῑ́λᾰκος tês smī́lakos	τοῖν σμῑλᾰ́κοιν toîn smīlákoin	τῶν σμῑλᾰ́κων tôn smīlákōn
Dative	τῇ σμῑ́λᾰκῐ têi smī́laki	τοῖν σμῑλᾰ́κοιν toîn smīlákoin	ταῖς σμῑ́λᾰξῐ / σμῑ́λᾰξῐν taîs smī́laxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σμῑ́λᾰκᾰ tḕn smī́laka	τὼ σμῑ́λᾰκε tṑ smī́lake	τᾱ̀ς σμῑ́λᾰκᾰς tā̀s smī́lakas
Vocative	σμῖλᾰξ smîlax	σμῑ́λᾰκε smī́lake	σμῑ́λᾰκες smī́lakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σμιλάκινος (smilákinos)

Descendants

• Latin: smīlax
  • Translingual: Smilax

References

• “σμῖλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σμῖλαξ 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
• Fischer-Benzon, Rudolf von (1894) Altdeutsche Gartenflora (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, pages 98–99
• “Bohne”, in Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (in German), volume III, 1, 1897, columns 609–627
• “σμῖλαξ κηπαῖα – Phaseolus vulgaris”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2024
• “σμῖλαξ – Taxus baccata”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[2] (in Spanish), 2024
• “σμῖλαξ τραχεῖα – Smilax aspera”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[3] (in Spanish), 2024
• “σμῖλαξ λεία – Convolvulus sepium”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[4] (in Spanish), 2024