ὠμόλινον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὠμός (ōmós, “raw”) +‎ λίνον (línon, “flax”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔː.mó.li.non/ → /oˈmo.li.non/ → /oˈmo.li.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔː.mó.li.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈmo.li.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈmo.li.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈmo.li.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈmo.li.non/

Noun

ὠμόλῐνον • (ōmólinon) n (genitive ὠμολῐ́νου); second declension

1. raw flax, used for lint
2. coarse linen towel or napkin

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὠμόλῐνον; τοῦ ὠμολῐ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὠμόλῐνον tò ōmólinon	τὼ ὠμολῐ́νω tṑ ōmolínō	τᾰ̀ ὠμόλῐνᾰ tà ōmólina
Genitive	τοῦ ὠμολῐ́νου toû ōmolínou	τοῖν ὠμολῐ́νοιν toîn ōmolínoin	τῶν ὠμολῐ́νων tôn ōmolínōn
Dative	τῷ ὠμολῐ́νῳ tôi ōmolínōi	τοῖν ὠμολῐ́νοιν toîn ōmolínoin	τοῖς ὠμολῐ́νοις toîs ōmolínois
Accusative	τὸ ὠμόλῐνον tò ōmólinon	τὼ ὠμολῐ́νω tṑ ōmolínō	τᾰ̀ ὠμόλῐνᾰ tà ōmólina
Vocative	ὠμόλῐνον ōmólinon	ὠμολῐ́νω ōmolínō	ὠμόλῐνᾰ ōmólina
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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