ἅλμη

See also: άλμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅλς (háls, “salt”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἅλμη • (hálmē) f (genitive ἅλμης); first declension

  1. seawater, brine
  2. spray that has dried on the skin
  3. salt incrustation on soil
  4. saltwater, brine used for pickling
  5. saltness, as a bad quality in soil

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἅλμη; τῆς ἅλμης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἅλμη
hē hálmē		 τὼ ἅλμᾱ
tṑ hálmā		 αἱ ἅλμαι
hai hálmai
Genitive τῆς ἅλμης
tês hálmēs		 τοῖν ἅλμαιν
toîn hálmain		 τῶν ἁλμῶν
tôn halmôn
Dative τῇ ἅλμῃ
têi hálmēi		 τοῖν ἅλμαιν
toîn hálmain		 ταῖς ἅλμαις
taîs hálmais
Accusative τὴν ἅλμην
tḕn hálmēn		 τὼ ἅλμᾱ
tṑ hálmā		 τᾱ̀ς ἅλμᾱς
tā̀s hálmās
Vocative ἅλμη
hálmē		 ἅλμᾱ
hálmā		 ἅλμαι
hálmai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἁλμαίᾱ (halmaíā)
  • ἅλμευσῐς (hálmeusis)
  • ἁλμευτής (halmeutḗs)
  • ἁλμεύω (halmeúō)
  • ἁλμήεις (halmḗeis)
  • ἁλμοποσῐ́ᾱ (halmoposíā)
  • ἁλμοπότῐς (halmopótis)
  • ἁλμᾰ́ς (halmás)
  • ἁλμῐ́ζομαι (halmízomai)
  • ἅλμῐᾰ (hálmia)
  • ἁλμῠρός (halmurós)
  • ὀξᾰ́λμη (oxálmē)

Descendants
  • Greek: άλμη (álmi)

Further reading
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