ἀναγαλλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνα- (ana-) +‎ ἀγαλλίς (agallís, “Greek iris”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.na.ɡal.lís/ → /a.na.ɣalˈlis/ → /a.na.ɣaˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.na.ɡal.lís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.na.ɡalˈlis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.na.ɣalˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.na.ɣalˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.na.ɣaˈlis/

Noun

ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́ς • (anagallís) f (genitive ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δος); third declension

1. scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)

   Synonym: σαπάνα (sapána)

2. poor man's weatherglass (Lysimachia foemina)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́ς; τῆς ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́ς hē anagallís	τὼ ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δε tṑ anagallíde	αἱ ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δες hai anagallídes
Genitive	τῆς ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δος tês anagallídos	τοῖν ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δοιν toîn anagallídoin	τῶν ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δων tôn anagallídōn
Dative	τῇ ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δῐ têi anagallídi	τοῖν ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δοιν toîn anagallídoin	ταῖς ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́σῐ / ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́σῐν taîs anagallísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δᾰ tḕn anagallída	τὼ ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δε tṑ anagallíde	τᾱ̀ς ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s anagallídas
Vocative	ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́ς anagallís	ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δε anagallíde	ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́δες anagallídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Arabic: أَنَاغَالِس (ʔanāḡālis), أَنَاغَلِس (ʔanāḡalis), أَنَاغَالِيس (ʔanāḡālīs)
• → Latin: anagallis
• → Translingual: Anagallis

Further reading

• “ἀναγαλλίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀναγαλλίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀναγαλλίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)