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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἁμαμηλίς ἁμαμηλίδε ἁμαμηλίδες
Genitive ἁμαμηλίδος ἁμαμηλίδοιν ἁμαμηλίδων
Dative ἁμαμηλίδι ἁμαμηλίδοιν ἁμαμηλίσιν*
Accusative ἁμαμηλίδα ἁμαμηλίδε ἁμαμηλίδας
Vocative ἁμαμηλί ἁμαμηλίδε ἁμαμηλίδες

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)

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