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ἁμαμηλίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁμαμηλίς ἁμαμηλίδος

Structure: ἁμαμηλιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a tree with fruit like the pear, a kind of medlar (Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus) or service tree (Sorbus)

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "αἱ δ’ ἁμαμηλίδεσ οὔκ εἰσιν ἄπιοι, ὥσ τινεσ οἰόνται, ἀλλ’ ἕτερόν τι καὶ ἥδιον καὶ ἀπύρηνον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 6221)
  • "Ἀριστομένησ ἐν Διονύσῳ φησίν ὁ Χῖοσ οὐκ οἶσθ’ ὡσ ἁμαμηλίδασ ποιεῖ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 6222)
  • "ἀπίουσ ἡ νῆσοσ φέρει κρατίστασ κατὰ τὰσ ἐν Ιὠνίᾳ καλουμένασ ἁμαμηλίδασ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 6225)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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