τηλίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine form of τήλινος (tḗlinos, “of fenugreek”), from τῆλις (têlis, “fenugreek”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛː.lí.nɛː/ → /tiˈli.ni/ → /tiˈli.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛː.lí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te̝ˈli.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈli.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈli.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈli.ni/

Noun

τηλῐ́νη • (tēlínē) f (genitive τηλῐ́νης); first declension

1. moon trefoil (Medicago arborea)

   Synonym: κύτισος (kútisos)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τηλῐ́νη; τῆς τηλῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τηλῐ́νη hē tēlínē	τὼ τηλῐ́νᾱ tṑ tēlínā	αἱ τηλῐ́ναι hai tēlínai
Genitive	τῆς τηλῐ́νης tês tēlínēs	τοῖν τηλῐ́ναιν toîn tēlínain	τῶν τηλῐνῶν tôn tēlinôn
Dative	τῇ τηλῐ́νῃ têi tēlínēi	τοῖν τηλῐ́ναιν toîn tēlínain	ταῖς τηλῐ́ναις taîs tēlínais
Accusative	τὴν τηλῐ́νην tḕn tēlínēn	τὼ τηλῐ́νᾱ tṑ tēlínā	τᾱ̀ς τηλῐ́νᾱς tā̀s tēlínās
Vocative	τηλῐ́νη tēlínē	τηλῐ́νᾱ tēlínā	τηλῐ́ναι tēlínai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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