σεμίδαλις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Semitic, the same source of Latin simila (“wheat flour”), Arabic سَمِيذ (samīḏ), Aramaic סְמִידָא / ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samīdu⁠/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samādu⁠/, “to grind fine”). Borrowed through Hittite, where -alla-, -alli- is an adjective formant.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σεμῐ́δᾱλῐς • (semídālis) f (genitive σεμῐδᾱ́λῐος or σεμῐδᾱ́λεως); third declension

  1. the finest wheaten flour

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ σεμῐ́δᾱλῐς; τῆς σεμῐδᾱ́λεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σεμῐ́δᾱλῐς
hē semídālis		 τὼ σεμῐδᾱ́λει
tṑ semidā́lei		 αἱ σεμῐδᾱ́λεις
hai semidā́leis
Genitive τῆς σεμῐδᾱ́λεως
tês semidā́leōs		 τοῖν σεμῐδᾱλέοιν
toîn semidāléoin		 τῶν σεμῐδᾱ́λεων
tôn semidā́leōn
Dative τῇ σεμῐδᾱ́λει
têi semidā́lei		 τοῖν σεμῐδᾱλέοιν
toîn semidāléoin		 ταῖς σεμῐδᾱ́λεσῐ / σεμῐδᾱ́λεσῐν
taîs semidā́lesi(n)
Accusative τὴν σεμῐ́δᾱλῐν
tḕn semídālin		 τὼ σεμῐδᾱ́λει
tṑ semidā́lei		 τᾱ̀ς σεμῐδᾱ́λεις
tā̀s semidā́leis
Vocative σεμῐ́δᾱλῐ
semídāli		 σεμῐδᾱ́λει
semidā́lei		 σεμῐδᾱ́λεις
semidā́leis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • σεμιδᾱ́λιον (semidā́lion)
  • σεμιδᾱλίτης (semidālítēs)

Descendants
  • Greek: σιμιγδάλι (simigdáli)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

σεμίδαλις • (semídalis) f

  1. Katharevousa form of σιμιγδάλι (simigdáli, “semolina”)
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