μάδρυα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀμᾰ́δρῠᾰ (amádrua)
Etymology
The derivation from μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”) + δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) is a folk etymology. According to Beekes, the variant ἀμάδρυα (amádrua) suggests a Pre-Greek etymology, due to the presence of the prothetic vowel.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /má.dry.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.dry.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.ðry.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.ðry.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.ðri.a/
Noun
μᾰ́δρῠᾰ • (mádrua) n pl (genitive μᾰδρῠ́ων); second declension
- plums
- Synonym: κοκκῠ́μηλον (kokkúmēlon)
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τᾰ̀ μᾰ́δρῠᾰ tà mádrua | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν μᾰδρῠ́ων tôn madrúōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς μᾰδρῠ́οις toîs madrúois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ μᾰ́δρῠᾰ tà mádrua | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰ́δρῠᾰ mádrua | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μάδρυα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μάδρυα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάδρυα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 890
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