Ὑμηττός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.mɛːt.tós/ → /y.mitˈtos/ → /i.miˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.mɛːt.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.me̝tˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.mitˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.mitˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.miˈtos/

Proper noun

Ὑμηττός • (Humēttós) m (genitive Ὑμηττοῦ); second declension

1. Hymettus, an important mountain of Attica famous for its honey and marble

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ὑμηττός; τοῦ Ὑμηττοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὑμηττός ho Humēttós
Genitive	τοῦ Ὑμηττοῦ toû Humēttoû
Dative	τῷ Ὑμηττῷ tôi Humēttôi
Accusative	τὸν Ὑμηττόν tòn Humēttón
Vocative	Ὑμηττέ Humētté
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ὑμήττιος (Humḗttios)
• Ὑμηττίς (Humēttís)

 

Descendants

• English: Hymettus, Hymettos
• Latin: Hymēttus, Hymettos

Further reading

• Ὑμηττός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette