ἰάσμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (yʾsmn /⁠yāsman⁠/), Persian یاسمن (yâsaman).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.áz.mɛː/ → /iˈaz.mi/ → /iˈaz.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.áz.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈaz.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈaz.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈaz.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈaz.mi/

Noun

ἰάσμη • (iásmē) f (genitive ἰάσμης); first declension

1. jasmine (Jasminum officinale)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἰάσμη; τῆς ἰάσμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰάσμη hē iásmē	τὼ ἰάσμᾱ tṑ iásmā	αἱ ἰάσμαι hai iásmai
Genitive	τῆς ἰάσμης tês iásmēs	τοῖν ἰάσμαιν toîn iásmain	τῶν ἰασμῶν tôn iasmôn
Dative	τῇ ἰάσμῃ têi iásmēi	τοῖν ἰάσμαιν toîn iásmain	ταῖς ἰάσμαις taîs iásmais
Accusative	τὴν ἰάσμην tḕn iásmēn	τὼ ἰάσμᾱ tṑ iásmā	τᾱ̀ς ἰάσμᾱς tā̀s iásmās
Vocative	ἰάσμη iásmē	ἰάσμᾱ iásmā	ἰάσμαι iásmai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἰασμέλαιον (iasmélaion)
• ἰάσμῐνον (iásminon)

 

References

• “ἰάσμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἰάσμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette