μυροβλύτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μύρον (múron) +‎ βλύζω (blúzō) +‎ -της (-tēs).

Noun

μυροβλύτης • (muroblútēs) m (genitive μυροβλύτου); first declension (Koine)

  1. myroblyte

Inflection
First declension of ὁ μυροβλύτης; τοῦ μυροβλύτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μυροβλύτης
ho muroblútēs		 τὼ μυροβλύτᾱ
tṑ muroblútā		 οἱ μυροβλύται
hoi muroblútai
Genitive τοῦ μυροβλύτου
toû muroblútou		 τοῖν μυροβλύταιν
toîn muroblútain		 τῶν μυροβλυτῶν
tôn muroblutôn
Dative τῷ μυροβλύτῃ
tôi muroblútēi		 τοῖν μυροβλύταιν
toîn muroblútain		 τοῖς μυροβλύταις
toîs muroblútais
Accusative τὸν μυροβλύτην
tòn muroblútēn		 τὼ μυροβλύτᾱ
tṑ muroblútā		 τοὺς μυροβλύτᾱς
toùs muroblútās
Vocative μυροβλύτᾰ
muroblúta		 μυροβλύτᾱ
muroblútā		 μυροβλύται
muroblútai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Koine Greek μυροβλύτης (muroblútēs) (Late Koine & Medieval), from the ancient μῠ́ροPν) (múroPn)) + βλύ(ζω) (blú(zō)) + -της (-tis). The epithet for saint Demetrius, since the 11th century.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mi.ɾoˈvli.tis/
  • Hyphenation: μυ‧ρο‧βλύ‧της

Noun

μυροβλύτης • (myrovlýtis) m (plural μυροβλύτες, feminine μυροβλύτισσα) (usually in the singular)

  1. myroblyte
    άγιος Δημήτριος ο Μυροβλύτης ― ágios Dimítrios o Myrovlýtis ― saint Demetrius the Myroblyte

Usage notes
  • As epithet of saints, used with capital first letter.

Declension
declension of μυροβλύτης
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μυροβλύτης • μυροβλύτες •
genitive μυροβλύτη • μυροβλυτών •
accusative μυροβλύτη • μυροβλύτες •
vocative μυροβλύτη • μυροβλύτες •
Usually in the singular. Formal genitive singular for the saint, Μυροβλύτου (Muroblútou).
  • μυρόβλυτος (myróvlytos)
  • μυροβόλος (myrovólos)
  • and see: μύρο n (mýro, “myrrh”) & the mediaeval verb μυροβλυτῶ (muroblutô)

See also

References
  1. μυροβλύτης - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. μυροβλύτης - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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