ἅλμη
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See also: άλμη
Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ἅλς (háls, “salt”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hál.mɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)al.me̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈal.mi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈal.mi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈal.mi/
Noun[edit]
ἅλμη • (hálmē) f (genitive ἅλμης); first declension
- seawater, brine
- spray that has dried on the skin
- salt incrustation on soil
- saltwater, brine used for pickling
- saltness, as a bad quality in soil
Inflection[edit]
| 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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Greek: άλμη (álmi)
Further reading[edit]
- “ἅλμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἅλμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἅλμη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἅλμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἅλμη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἅλμη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)