πιμελή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pīmós, from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πίων (píōn, “fat, rich”), Latin pinguis (“fat, plump”) and Proto-Germanic *faitaz (“fat”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πῑμελή • (pīmelḗ) f (genitive πῑμελῆς); first declension

  1. soft fat, lard (opposed to στέαρ (stéar, “hard fat”))

Inflection
First declension of ἡ πῑμελή; τῆς πῑμελῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πῑμελή
hē pīmelḗ		 τὼ πῑμελᾱ́
tṑ pīmelā́		 αἱ πῑμελαί
hai pīmelaí
Genitive τῆς πῑμελῆς
tês pīmelês		 τοῖν πῑμελαῖν
toîn pīmelaîn		 τῶν πῑμελῶν
tôn pīmelôn
Dative τῇ πῑμελῇ
têi pīmelêi		 τοῖν πῑμελαῖν
toîn pīmelaîn		 ταῖς πῑμελαῖς
taîs pīmelaîs
Accusative τὴν πῑμελήν
tḕn pīmelḗn		 τὼ πῑμελᾱ́
tṑ pīmelā́		 τᾱ̀ς πῑμελᾱ́ς
tā̀s pīmelā́s
Vocative πῑμελή
pīmelḗ		 πῑμελᾱ́
pīmelā́		 πῑμελαί
pīmelaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • πῑμελής (pīmelḗs)
  • πῑμελώδης (pīmelṓdēs)

Further reading
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