γλωσσίς

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís) — Attic

Etymology

From γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa, “tongue”) +‎ -ις (-is, feminine noun suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlɔːs.sís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡlosˈsis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣlosˈsis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣlosˈsis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣloˈsis/

Noun

γλωσσῐ́ς • (glōssís) f (genitive γλωσσῐ́δος); third declension

(anatomy) mouth of the windpipe; glottis
(music) mouthpiece of a wind instrument, in which the reed was inserted
wryneck, corncrake, landrail
Synonym: ῐ̓́ῠγξ (íunx)
shoelace, latchet
(in the plural, medicine) inflammation of the tongue

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Inflection

Third declension of ἡ γλωσσῐ́ς; τῆς γλωσσῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλωσσῐ́ς hē glōssís	τὼ γλωσσῐ́δε tṑ glōssíde	αἱ γλωσσῐ́δες hai glōssídes
Genitive	τῆς γλωσσῐ́δος tês glōssídos	τοῖν γλωσσῐ́δοιν toîn glōssídoin	τῶν γλωσσῐ́δων tôn glōssídōn
Dative	τῇ γλωσσῐ́δῐ têi glōssídi	τοῖν γλωσσῐ́δοιν toîn glōssídoin	ταῖς γλωσσῐ́σῐ / γλωσσῐ́σῐν taîs glōssísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν γλωσσῐ́δᾰ tḕn glōssída	τὼ γλωσσῐ́δε tṑ glōssíde	τᾱ̀ς γλωσσῐ́δᾰς tā̀s glōssídas
Vocative	γλωσσῐ́ς glōssís	γλωσσῐ́δε glōssíde	γλωσσῐ́δες glōssídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

γλωσσῐ́δῐον (glōssídion, diminutive)

References

“γλωττίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
γλωσσίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)