ὀξαλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from ὄξος (óxos, “poor wine, vinegar”) or ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, pointed”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ok.sa.lís/ → /ok.saˈlis/ → /ok.saˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ok.sa.lís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ok.saˈlis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ok.saˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ok.saˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ok.saˈlis/

Noun

ὀξᾰλῐ́ς • (oxalís) f (genitive ὀξᾰλῐ́δος); third declension

1. sour wine
2. garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ὀξᾰλῐ́ς; τῆς ὀξᾰλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀξᾰλῐ́ς hē oxalís	τὼ ὀξᾰλῐ́δε tṑ oxalíde	αἱ ὀξᾰλῐ́δες hai oxalídes
Genitive	τῆς ὀξᾰλῐ́δος tês oxalídos	τοῖν ὀξᾰλῐ́δοιν toîn oxalídoin	τῶν ὀξᾰλῐ́δων tôn oxalídōn
Dative	τῇ ὀξᾰλῐ́δῐ têi oxalídi	τοῖν ὀξᾰλῐ́δοιν toîn oxalídoin	ταῖς ὀξᾰλῐ́σῐ / ὀξᾰλῐ́σῐν taîs oxalísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ὀξᾰλῐ́δᾰ tḕn oxalída	τὼ ὀξᾰλῐ́δε tṑ oxalíde	τᾱ̀ς ὀξᾰλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s oxalídas
Vocative	ὀξᾰλῐ́ς oxalís	ὀξᾰλῐ́δε oxalíde	ὀξᾰλῐ́δες oxalídes
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: οξαλίδα (oxalída)
• → Latin: oxalis
  • → Translingual: Oxalis

Further reading

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