γλωσσοπέτρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”) +‎ πέτρᾱ (pétrā, “stone”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

γλωσσοπέτρᾱ • (glōssopétrā) f (genitive γλωσσοπέτρᾱς); first declension

  1. kind of precious stone resembling a human tongue

Declension
First declension of ἡ γλωσσοπέτρᾱ; τῆς γλωσσοπέτρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ γλωσσοπέτρᾱ
hē glōssopétrā		 τὼ γλωσσοπέτρᾱ
tṑ glōssopétrā		 αἱ γλωσσοπέτραι
hai glōssopétrai
Genitive τῆς γλωσσοπέτρᾱς
tês glōssopétrās		 τοῖν γλωσσοπέτραιν
toîn glōssopétrain		 τῶν γλωσσοπετρῶν
tôn glōssopetrôn
Dative τῇ γλωσσοπέτρᾳ
têi glōssopétrāi		 τοῖν γλωσσοπέτραιν
toîn glōssopétrain		 ταῖς γλωσσοπέτραις
taîs glōssopétrais
Accusative τὴν γλωσσοπέτρᾱν
tḕn glōssopétrān		 τὼ γλωσσοπέτρᾱ
tṑ glōssopétrā		 τᾱ̀ς γλωσσοπέτρᾱς
tā̀s glōssopétrās
Vocative γλωσσοπέτρᾱ
glōssopétrā		 γλωσσοπέτρᾱ
glōssopétrā		 γλωσσοπέτραι
glōssopétrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: glōssopetra

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.