ἄγρωστις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compare ᾰ̓γρώτης (agrṓtēs, “of the field”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ɡrɔːs.tis/ → /ˈa.ɣros.tis/ → /ˈa.ɣros.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɡrɔːs.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡros.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣros.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣros.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣros.tis/

Noun

ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς • (ágrōstis) f (genitive ᾰ̓γρώστῐδος or ᾰ̓γρώστεως); third declension

1. a grass that mules fed on, perhaps Elymus repens

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓γρώστῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς hē ágrōstis	τὼ ᾰ̓γρώστῐδε tṑ agrṓstide	αἱ ᾰ̓γρώστῐδες hai agrṓstides
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓γρώστῐδος tês agrṓstidos	τοῖν ᾰ̓γρωστῐ́δοιν toîn agrōstídoin	τῶν ᾰ̓γρωστῐ́δων tôn agrōstídōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓γρώστῐδῐ têi agrṓstidi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γρωστῐ́δοιν toîn agrōstídoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓γρώστῐσῐ / ᾰ̓γρώστῐσῐν taîs agrṓstisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓γρώστῐδᾰ tḕn agrṓstida	τὼ ᾰ̓γρώστῐδε tṑ agrṓstide	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γρώστῐδᾰς tā̀s agrṓstidas
Vocative	ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς ágrōstis	ᾰ̓γρώστῐδε agrṓstide	ᾰ̓γρώστῐδες agrṓstides
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.

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓γρώστεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́γρωστῐς hē ágrōstis	τὼ ᾰ̓γρώστει tṑ agrṓstei	αἱ ᾰ̓γρώστεις hai agrṓsteis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓γρώστεως tês agrṓsteōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓γρωστέοιν toîn agrōstéoin	τῶν ᾰ̓γρώστεων tôn agrṓsteōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓γρώστει têi agrṓstei	τοῖν ᾰ̓γρωστέοιν toîn agrōstéoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓γρώστεσῐ / ᾰ̓γρώστεσῐν taîs agrṓstesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́γρωστῐν tḕn ágrōstin	τὼ ᾰ̓γρώστει tṑ agrṓstei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γρώστεις tā̀s agrṓsteis
Vocative	ᾰ̓́γρωστῐ ágrōsti	ᾰ̓γρώστει agrṓstei	ᾰ̓γρώστεις agrṓsteis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• καλαμάγρωστις (kalamágrōstis)

Descendants

• Translingual: Agrostis

References

• “ἄγρωστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγρωστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄγρωστις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄγρωστις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄγρωστις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄγρωστις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)