γλωσσίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s) — Attic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɔːs.sís/ → /ɣlosˈsis/ → /ɣloˈsis/

• (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 • (glōssĭ́s) f (genitive γλωσσῐ́δος); third declension

1. (anatomy) mouth of the windpipe; glottis
2. (music) mouthpiece of a wind instrument, in which the reed was inserted
3. wryneck, corncrake, landrail

   Synonym: ῐ̓́ῠγξ (ĭ́ŭnx)

4. shoelace, latchet
5. (in the plural, medicine) inflammation of the tongue

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ γλωσσῐ́ς; τῆς γλωσσῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλωσσῐ́ς hē glōssĭ́s	τὼ γλωσσῐ́δε tṑ glōssĭ́de	αἱ γλωσσῐ́δες hai glōssĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς γλωσσῐ́δος tês glōssĭ́dos	τοῖν γλωσσῐ́δοιν toîn glōssĭ́doin	τῶν γλωσσῐ́δων tôn glōssĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ γλωσσῐ́δῐ têi glōssĭ́dĭ	τοῖν γλωσσῐ́δοιν toîn glōssĭ́doin	ταῖς γλωσσῐ́σῐ / γλωσσῐ́σῐν taîs glōssĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν γλωσσῐ́δᾰ tḕn glōssĭ́dă	τὼ γλωσσῐ́δε tṑ glōssĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς γλωσσῐ́δᾰς tā̀s glōssĭ́dăs
Vocative	γλωσσῐ́ς glōssĭ́s	γλωσσῐ́δε glōssĭ́de	γλωσσῐ́δες glōssĭ́des
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 (glōssĭ́dĭon, diminutive)

References

• “γλωττίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γλωσσίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)