ἀπόμυιος

See also: Ἀπόμυιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπο- (apo-, “away from”) +‎ μυῖᾰ (muîa, “fly”) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.myː.os/ → /aˈpo.my.os/ → /aˈpo.mi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pó.myː.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.my.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.my.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.my.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.mi.os/

Adjective

ᾰ̓πόμυιος • (apómuios) m (feminine ἀπομυίᾱ, neuter ᾰ̓πόμυιον); first/second declension

1. driving away flies; acting as a muscifuge, fly repellent

Declension

First and second declension of ἀπόμυιος; ἀπομυίᾱ; ἀπόμυιον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀπόμυιος apómuios	ἀπομυίᾱ apomuíā	ἀπόμυιον apómuion		ἀπομυίω apomuíō	ἀπομυίᾱ apomuíā	ἀπομυίω apomuíō		ἀπόμυιοι apómuioi	ἀπόμυιαι apómuiai	ἀπόμυιᾰ apómuia
Genitive		ἀπομυίου apomuíou	ἀπομυίᾱς apomuíās	ἀπομυίου apomuíou		ἀπομυίοιν apomuíoin	ἀπομυίαιν apomuíain	ἀπομυίοιν apomuíoin		ἀπομυίων apomuíōn	ἀπομυίων apomuíōn	ἀπομυίων apomuíōn
Dative		ἀπομυίῳ apomuíōi	ἀπομυίᾳ apomuíāi	ἀπομυίῳ apomuíōi		ἀπομυίοιν apomuíoin	ἀπομυίαιν apomuíain	ἀπομυίοιν apomuíoin		ἀπομυίοις apomuíois	ἀπομυίαις apomuíais	ἀπομυίοις apomuíois
Accusative		ἀπόμυιον apómuion	ἀπομυίᾱν apomuíān	ἀπόμυιον apómuion		ἀπομυίω apomuíō	ἀπομυίᾱ apomuíā	ἀπομυίω apomuíō		ἀπομυίους apomuíous	ἀπομυίᾱς apomuíās	ἀπόμυιᾰ apómuia
Vocative		ἀπόμυιε apómuie	ἀπομυίᾱ apomuíā	ἀπόμυιον apómuion		ἀπομυίω apomuíō	ἀπομυίᾱ apomuíā	ἀπομυίω apomuíō		ἀπόμυιοι apómuioi	ἀπόμυιαι apómuiai	ἀπόμυιᾰ apómuia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀπομυίως apomuíōs				ἀπομυιότερος apomuióteros				ἀπομυιότᾰτος apomuiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀπόμυιος (Apómuios)

Further reading

• “ἀπόμυιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀπόμυιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπόμυιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)