ἀργυρόλιθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”) +‎ λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.ɡy.ró.li.tʰos/ → /ar.ʝyˈro.li.θos/ → /ar.ʝiˈro.li.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡy.ró.li.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡyˈro.li.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ʝyˈro.li.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ʝyˈro.li.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.ʝiˈro.li.θos/

Noun

ἀργῠρόλῐθος • (argurólithos) m (genitive ἀργῠρολῐ́θου); second declension

1. (mineralogy) selenite

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀργῠρόλῐθος; τοῦ ἀργῠρολῐ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀργῠρόλῐθος ho argurólithos	τὼ ἀργῠρολῐ́θω tṑ argurolíthō	οἱ ἀργῠρόλῐθοι hoi argurólithoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀργῠρολῐ́θου toû argurolíthou	τοῖν ἀργῠρολῐ́θοιν toîn argurolíthoin	τῶν ἀργῠρολῐ́θων tôn argurolíthōn
Dative	τῷ ἀργῠρολῐ́θῳ tôi argurolíthōi	τοῖν ἀργῠρολῐ́θοιν toîn argurolíthoin	τοῖς ἀργῠρολῐ́θοις toîs argurolíthois
Accusative	τὸν ἀργῠρόλῐθον tòn argurólithon	τὼ ἀργῠρολῐ́θω tṑ argurolíthō	τοὺς ἀργῠρολῐ́θους toùs argurolíthous
Vocative	ἀργῠρόλῐθε argurólithe	ἀργῠρολῐ́θω argurolíthō	ἀργῠρόλῐθοι argurólithoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀργυρολιθάριον (argurolithárion)

Further reading

• ἀργυρόλιθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)