σμίλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σμῖλα (smîla)

Etymology

The word has been connected with Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“smith”); however, this etymology is shaky. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *smī- (“to cut, hew”). Alternatively, a Pre-Greek etymology might be considered.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σμῑ́λη • (smī́lē) f (genitive σμῑ́λης); first declension

  1. A tool for cutting or carving: knife, chisel

Inflection
First declension of ἡ σμῑ́λη; τῆς σμῑ́λης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σμῑ́λη
hē smī́lē		 τὼ σμῑ́λᾱ
tṑ smī́lā		 αἱ σμῖλαι
hai smîlai
Genitive τῆς σμῑ́λης
tês smī́lēs		 τοῖν σμῑ́λαιν
toîn smī́lain		 τῶν σμῑλῶν
tôn smīlôn
Dative τῇ σμῑ́λῃ
têi smī́lēi		 τοῖν σμῑ́λαιν
toîn smī́lain		 ταῖς σμῑ́λαις
taîs smī́lais
Accusative τὴν σμῑ́λην
tḕn smī́lēn		 τὼ σμῑ́λᾱ
tṑ smī́lā		 τᾱ̀ς σμῑ́λᾱς
tā̀s smī́lās
Vocative σμῑ́λη
smī́lē		 σμῑ́λᾱ
smī́lā		 σμῖλαι
smîlai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • σμιλάριον (smilárion)
  • σμιλεία (smileía)
  • σμίλευμα (smíleuma)
  • σμιλευτός (smileutós)
  • σμιλιγλύφος (smiliglúphos)
  • σμίλινος (smílinos)
  • σμίλιον (smílion)
  • σμιλιωτός (smiliōtós)

Descendants
  • → Aramaic: (“scalpel, shoe-knife”)
    Classical Syriac: ܙܡܝܻܠܝܳܐ (zmēlyā)
    Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܝܙܡܝܠ (/⁠*ʾizmēl⁠/)
    Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic: אִיזְמֵיל / אִיזְמֵל / אִזְמֵל (ʾizmēl), אוּזְמֵל (ʾuzmēl)
  • → Hebrew: אִזְמֵל (ʾizmēl, “scalpel”)

Further reading
  • “σμίλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • “ˀwzmyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Greek

Noun

σμίλη • (smíli) f (plural σμίλες)

  1. chisel
    Synonym: σκαρπέλο (skarpélo)

Declension
declension of σμίλη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative σμίλη • σμίλες •
genitive σμίλης • σμίλων •
accusative σμίλη • σμίλες •
vocative σμίλη • σμίλες •
The genitive σμιλών (smilón) is less common.
  • ασμίλευτος (asmíleftos, “unchiselled”, adjective)
  • σμιλεύω (smilévo, “to chisel”)

Further reading
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