γλῶττα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Noun

γλῶττα • (glôtta) f (genitive γλώττης); first declension

  1. Attic form of γλῶσσα (glôssa)
  2. (anatomy) The tongue.
  3. A language.
  4. Anything shaped like the tongue:
    1. (music) The mouthpiece of a pipe.
    2. The tongue or thong of leather, shoe-latchet.
    3. The tongue of land.
    4. Ingot.
    5. (divination) The marking on the liver.

Inflection
First declension of ἡ γλῶττᾰ; τῆς γλώττης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ γλῶττᾰ
hē glôtta		 τὼ γλώττᾱ
tṑ glṓttā		 αἱ γλῶτται
hai glôttai
Genitive τῆς γλώττης
tês glṓttēs		 τοῖν γλώτταιν
toîn glṓttain		 τῶν γλωττῶν
tôn glōttôn
Dative τῇ γλώττῃ
têi glṓttēi		 τοῖν γλώτταιν
toîn glṓttain		 ταῖς γλώτταις
taîs glṓttais
Accusative τὴν γλῶττᾰν
tḕn glôttan		 τὼ γλώττᾱ
tṑ glṓttā		 τᾱ̀ς γλώττᾱς
tā̀s glṓttās
Vocative γλῶττᾰ
glôtta		 γλώττᾱ
glṓttā		 γλῶτται
glôttai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἀθυρόγλωττος (athuróglōttos)
  • γλωττίζω (glōttízō)
  • γλωττικός (glōttikós)
  • γλωττίς (glōttís)
  • γλωττοδεψέω (glōttodepséō)
  • γλωττοειδής (glōttoeidḗs)
  • γλωττοποιέω (glōttopoiéō)
  • γλωττοστροφέω (glōttostrophéō)
  • θρασυγλωττία (thrasuglōttía)
  • κατάγλωττος (katáglōttos)
  • ψευδογλωττέω (pseudoglōttéō)

References
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