ἀμία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ἀμίας (amías)

Etymology

Unknown. Thompson suggests a derivation from Egyptian mehi (“kind of fish”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἀμῐ́ᾱ • (amíā) f (genitive ἀμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. bonito (Sarda sarda)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἀμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀμῐ́ᾱ
hē amíā		 τὼ ἀμῐ́ᾱ
tṑ amíā		 αἱ ἀμῐ́αι
hai amíai
Genitive τῆς ἀμῐ́ᾱς
tês amíās		 τοῖν ἀμῐ́αιν
toîn amíain		 τῶν ἀμῐῶν
tôn amiôn
Dative τῇ ἀμῐ́ᾳ
têi amíāi		 τοῖν ἀμῐ́αιν
toîn amíain		 ταῖς ἀμῐ́αις
taîs amíais
Accusative τὴν ἀμῐ́ᾱν
tḕn amíān		 τὼ ἀμῐ́ᾱ
tṑ amíā		 τᾱ̀ς ἀμῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s amíās
Vocative ἀμῐ́ᾱ
amíā		 ἀμῐ́ᾱ
amíā		 ἀμῐ́αι
amíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: amia
    • → Translingual: Amia

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.