ἐμύς
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnknown. Sommer derives it from ἐμέω (eméō, “to vomit”), because the animal, when breathing out below the surface of water, continuously releases air bubbles. However, Beekes states that -ud- is not an Indo-European suffix, concluding that the word is probably Pre-Greek. The variation ἀ-/ἐ- is also proof of substrate origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.mýs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈmys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈmys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈmys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈmis/
Noun
editἐμῠ́ς • (emús) f (genitive ἐμῠ́δος); third declension
Usage notes
editThis word is primarily feminine but sometimes masculine, as in:
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ ἐμῠ́ς ho, hē emús |
τὼ ἐμῠ́δε tṑ emúde |
οἱ, αἱ ἐμῠ́δες hoi, hai emúdes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς ἐμῠ́δος toû, tês emúdos |
τοῖν ἐμῠ́δοιν toîn emúdoin |
τῶν ἐμῠ́δων tôn emúdōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ ἐμῠ́δῐ tôi, têi emúdi |
τοῖν ἐμῠ́δοιν toîn emúdoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς ἐμῠ́σῐ / ἐμῠ́σῐν toîs, taîs emúsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν ἐμῠ́δᾰ tòn, tḕn emúda |
τὼ ἐμῠ́δε tṑ emúde |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἐμῠ́δᾰς toùs, tā̀s emúdas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐμῠ́ς emús |
ἐμῠ́δε emúde |
ἐμῠ́δες emúdes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “ἐμύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐμύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐμύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐμύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
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- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
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