ἱμάσθλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂i-men (“to tie, bind”), like ἱμάς (himás, “leathern strap”), ἱμάω (himáō, “to draw up water from a well”) and ἱμονιά (himoniá, “well-rope”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.más.tʰlɛː/ → /iˈmas.θli/ → /iˈmas.θli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.más.tʰlɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈmas.tʰle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈmas.θli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈmas.θli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈmas.θli/

Noun

ἱμᾰ́σθλη • (himásthlē) f (genitive ἱμᾰ́σθλης); first declension

1. thong of a whip
2. (figuratively) rudder of a ship

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἱμᾰ́σθλη; τῆς ἱμᾰ́σθλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἱμᾰ́σθλη hē himásthlē	τὼ ἱμᾰ́σθλᾱ tṑ himásthlā	αἱ ἱμᾰ́σθλαι hai himásthlai
Genitive	τῆς ἱμᾰ́σθλης tês himásthlēs	τοῖν ἱμᾰ́σθλαιν toîn himásthlain	τῶν ἱμᾰσθλῶν tôn himasthlôn
Dative	τῇ ἱμᾰ́σθλῃ têi himásthlēi	τοῖν ἱμᾰ́σθλαιν toîn himásthlain	ταῖς ἱμᾰ́σθλαις taîs himásthlais
Accusative	τὴν ἱμᾰ́σθλην tḕn himásthlēn	τὼ ἱμᾰ́σθλᾱ tṑ himásthlā	τᾱ̀ς ἱμᾰ́σθλᾱς tā̀s himásthlās
Vocative	ἱμᾰ́σθλη himásthlē	ἱμᾰ́σθλᾱ himásthlā	ἱμᾰ́σθλαι himásthlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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