Ἀμαρυλλίς

See also: αμαρυλλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from ἀμαρύσσω (amarússō, “sparkle, twinkle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ma.ryl.lís/ → /a.ma.rylˈlis/ → /a.ma.riˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ma.ryl.lís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ma.rylˈlis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ma.rylˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ma.rylˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ma.riˈlis/

Proper noun

Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́ς • (Amarullís) f (genitive Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́δος); third declension

1. Amaryllis

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́ς; τῆς Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́ς hē Amarullís
Genitive	τῆς Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́δος tês Amarullídos
Dative	τῇ Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́δῐ têi Amarullídi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́δᾰ tḕn Amarullída
Vocative	Ἀμᾰρῠλλῐ́ς Amarullís
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

• Greek: αμαρυλλίδα (amaryllída), αμαρυλλίς (amaryllís)
• → Latin: Amaryllis
  • → English: amaryllis
  • Translingual: Amaryllis
  • Romance:
    • Catalan: amarillis
    • French: amaryllis
    • Italian: amarillide
    • Portuguese: amarílis
    • Romanian: amarilis
    • Spanish: amarilis
  • → Finnish: amaryllis
  • → German: Amaryllis
  • → Polish: amarylis
  • → Russian: амари́ллис (amaríllis), амари́л (amaríl)
  • → Swedish: amaryllis

References

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