Ἄμαστρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *Amāstrī.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἄμαστρῐς • (Ámastrĭs) f (genitive Ἀμάστρῐδος); third declension

  1. Amastris, Amasra (a city in Paphlagonia, modern-day Turkey)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἄμαστρῐς; τῆς Ἀμάστρῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἄμαστρῐς
hē Ámastrĭs
Genitive τῆς Ἀμάστρῐδος
tês Amástrĭdos
Dative τῇ Ἀμάστρῐδῐ
tēî Amástrĭdĭ
Accusative τὴν Ἀμάστρῐδᾰ
tḕn Amástrĭdă
Vocative Ἄμαστρῐς
Ámastrĭs
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 *-δς (*-ds).

Derived terms

  • Ἀμαστριανός (Amastrianós)

Descendants

  • → Latin: Amastris
  • → Ottoman Turkish: آماصره (Amasra), آماصری (Amasrı)
    • Turkish: Amasra
    • → Armenian: Ամասրա (Amasra)

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