ὑσμίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *Hyudʰsmós (“warrior”) (compare Sanskrit युध्म (yudhmá, “warrior”), from *Hyewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyz.mǐː.nɛː/ → /yzˈmi.ni/ → /izˈmi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyz.mǐː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yzˈmi.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yzˈmi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yzˈmi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /izˈmi.ni/

Noun

ὑσμῑ́νη • (husmī́nē) f (genitive ὑσμῑ́νης); first declension

1. (Epic) battle, conflict, combat

Declension

First declension of ὑσμῑ́νη; ὑσμῑ́νης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὑσμῑ́νη husmī́nē	ὑσμῑ́νᾱ husmī́nā	ὑσμῖναι husmînai
Genitive	ὑσμῑ́νης husmī́nēs	ὑσμῑ́ναιν / ὑσμῑ́ναιῐν / ὑσμῑ́νῃῐν husmī́nai(i)n / husmī́nēiin	ὑσμῑνᾱ́ων / ὑσμῑνέ͜ων / ὑσμῑνῶν husmīnā́ōn / husmīné͜ōn / husmīnôn
Dative	ὑσμῑ́νῃ husmī́nēi	ὑσμῑ́ναιν / ὑσμῑ́ναιῐν / ὑσμῑ́νῃῐν husmī́nai(i)n / husmī́nēiin	ὑσμῑ́νῃσῐ / ὑσμῑ́νῃσῐν / ὑσμῑ́νῃς / ὑσμῑ́ναις husmī́nēisi(n) / husmī́nēis / husmī́nais
Accusative	ὑσμῑ́νην husmī́nēn	ὑσμῑ́νᾱ husmī́nā	ὑσμῑ́νᾱς husmī́nās
Vocative	ὑσμῑ́νη husmī́nē	ὑσμῑ́νᾱ husmī́nā	ὑσμῖναι husmînai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ὑσμίνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὑσμίνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὑσμίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press