θάμνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

This word exists next to θαμινός (thaminós, “crowded, close-set”) and θαμά (thamá, “often”) just as πυκνός (puknós, “thick, dense”) next to πυκινός (pukinós, “thick”) and πύκα (púka, “thickly, strongly”); the barytonesis is caused by the substantivization. Not, as per Alessio, related to Latin tamnus (“kind of grape”). With its ending in -αμνος, the word seems Pre-Greek; its meaning makes this quite possible.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

θᾰ́μνος • (thámnos) m or f (genitive θᾰ́μνου); second declension

  1. (botany) bush, shrub
  2. thick copse

Declension
Second declension of ὁ θᾰ́μνος; τοῦ θᾰ́μνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ θᾰ́μνος
ho thámnos		 τὼ θᾰ́μνω
tṑ thámnō		 οἱ θᾰ́μνοι
hoi thámnoi
Genitive τοῦ θᾰ́μνου
toû thámnou		 τοῖν θᾰ́μνοιν
toîn thámnoin		 τῶν θᾰ́μνων
tôn thámnōn
Dative τῷ θᾰ́μνῳ
tôi thámnōi		 τοῖν θᾰ́μνοιν
toîn thámnoin		 τοῖς θᾰ́μνοις
toîs thámnois
Accusative τὸν θᾰ́μνον
tòn thámnon		 τὼ θᾰ́μνω
tṑ thámnō		 τοὺς θᾰ́μνους
toùs thámnous
Vocative θᾰ́μνε
thámne		 θᾰ́μνω
thámnō		 θᾰ́μνοι
thámnoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • θᾰ́μνα (thámna)
  • θᾰμνᾱ́ς (thamnā́s)
  • θᾰμνῐ́σκος (thamnískos)
  • θᾰμνῖτῐς (thamnîtis)
  • θᾰμνοειδής (thamnoeidḗs)
  • θᾰμνομήκης (thamnomḗkēs)
  • θᾰμνοφᾰ́γος (thamnophágos)
  • θᾰμνώδης (thamnṓdēs)

Descendants
  • Greek: θάμνος (thámnos)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

θάμνος • (thámnos) m (plural θάμνοι)

  1. bush (woody plant of medium size)

Declension
declension of θάμνος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative θάμνος • θάμνοι •
genitive θάμνου • θάμνων •
accusative θάμνο • θάμνους •
vocative θάμνε • θάμνοι •

Further reading
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