σημύδα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɛː.mý.da/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /se̝ˈmy.da/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /siˈmy.ða/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /siˈmy.ða/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈmi.ða/
Noun
σημύδα • (sēmúda) f (genitive σημύδης); first declension (hapax)
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
- Synonym: κερκίς (kerkís)
- silver birch (Betula pendula)
- Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σημῠ́δᾰ hē sēmúda |
τὼ σημῠ́δᾱ tṑ sēmúdā |
αἱ σημῠ́δαι hai sēmúdai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σημῠ́δης tês sēmúdēs |
τοῖν σημῠ́δαιν toîn sēmúdain |
τῶν σημῠδῶν tôn sēmudôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σημῠ́δῃ têi sēmúdēi |
τοῖν σημῠ́δαιν toîn sēmúdain |
ταῖς σημῠ́δαις taîs sēmúdais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σημῠ́δᾰν tḕn sēmúdan |
τὼ σημῠ́δᾱ tṑ sēmúdā |
τᾱ̀ς σημῠ́δᾱς tā̀s sēmúdās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σημῠ́δᾰ sēmúda |
σημῠ́δᾱ sēmúdā |
σημῠ́δαι sēmúdai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σημύδα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σημύδα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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