ὀσμύλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ὄσμῠλος (ósmulos)

Etymology

From ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell, odour”), with a suffix found also in κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ὀσμῠ́λη • (osmúlē) f (genitive ὀσμῠ́λης); first declension

  1. curled octopus, a kind of octopus of the species Eledone cirrhosa

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ὀσμῠ́λη; τῆς ὀσμῠ́λης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὀσμῠ́λη
hē osmúlē		 τὼ ὀσμῠ́λᾱ
tṑ osmúlā		 αἱ ὀσμῠ́λαι
hai osmúlai
Genitive τῆς ὀσμῠ́λης
tês osmúlēs		 τοῖν ὀσμῠ́λαιν
toîn osmúlain		 τῶν ὀσμῠλῶν
tôn osmulôn
Dative τῇ ὀσμῠ́λῃ
têi osmúlēi		 τοῖν ὀσμῠ́λαιν
toîn osmúlain		 ταῖς ὀσμῠ́λαις
taîs osmúlais
Accusative τὴν ὀσμῠ́λην
tḕn osmúlēn		 τὼ ὀσμῠ́λᾱ
tṑ osmúlā		 τᾱ̀ς ὀσμῠ́λᾱς
tā̀s osmúlās
Vocative ὀσμῠ́λη
osmúlē		 ὀσμῠ́λᾱ
osmúlā		 ὀσμῠ́λαι
osmúlai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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