ἅλμη

See also: άλμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅλς (háls, “salt”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hál.mɛː/ → /ˈal.mi/ → /ˈal.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hál.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)al.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.mi/

Noun

ἅλμη • (hálmē) f (genitive ἅλμης); first declension

1. seawater, brine
2. spray that has dried on the skin
3. salt incrustation on soil
4. saltwater, brine used for pickling
5. saltness, as a bad quality in soil

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἅλμη; τῆς ἅλμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἅλμη hē hálmē	τὼ ἅλμᾱ tṑ hálmā	αἱ ἅλμαι hai hálmai
Genitive	τῆς ἅλμης tês hálmēs	τοῖν ἅλμαιν toîn hálmain	τῶν ἁλμῶν tôn halmôn
Dative	τῇ ἅλμῃ têi hálmēi	τοῖν ἅλμαιν toîn hálmain	ταῖς ἅλμαις taîs hálmais
Accusative	τὴν ἅλμην tḕn hálmēn	τὼ ἅλμᾱ tṑ hálmā	τᾱ̀ς ἅλμᾱς tā̀s hálmās
Vocative	ἅλμη hálmē	ἅλμᾱ hálmā	ἅλμαι hálmai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἁλμαίᾱ (halmaíā)
• ἁλμᾰ́ς (halmás)
• ἅλμευσῐς (hálmeusis)
• ἁλμευτής (halmeutḗs)
• ἁλμεύω (halmeúō)
• ἁλμήεις (halmḗeis)
• ἅλμῐᾰ (hálmia)
• ἁλμῐ́ζομαι (halmízomai)
• ἁλμοποσῐ́ᾱ (halmoposíā)
• ἁλμοπότῐς (halmopótis)
• ἁλμῠρός (halmurós)
• ὀξᾰ́λμη (oxálmē)

 

Descendants

• Greek: άλμη (álmi)

Further reading

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