"μέρμις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μέρμις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mér.miːs/, /ˈmer.mis/, /ˈmer.mis/, /mér.miːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈmer.mis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmer.mis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmer.mis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmer.mis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The formation is similar to γέλγῑς (gélgīs), δέλλῑς (déllīs) and ὄρνῑς (órnīs). Cognates have been supposed in μηρύω (mērúō, “to wind up”) as well as in βρόχος (brókhos, “noose”) and μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”). The word may be of Pre-Greek origin and related to μήρινθος (mḗrinthos, “fishing line”) and μῆριγξ (mêrinx, “bristle, hair”) but compare Latvian mer̂ga, Proto-Slavic *merža (“net”), and possibly Lithuanian márška (“fishing net”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{cog|lv|mer̂ga}} Latvian mer̂ga, {{cog|sla-pro|*merža||net}} Proto-Slavic *merža (“net”), {{cog|lt|márška|t=fishing net}} Lithuanian márška (“fishing net”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μέρμῑς|μέρμῑθος|f|third}} μέρμῑς • (mérmīs) f (genitive μέρμῑθος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μέρμῑς|μέρμῑθος}} Forms: μέρμῑς [canonical], mérmīs [romanization], μέρμῑθος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ μέρμῑς [nominative, singular], τὼ μέρμῑθε [dual, nominative], αἱ μέρμῑθες [nominative, plural], τῆς μέρμῑθος [genitive, singular], τοῖν μερμῑ́θοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μερμῑ́θων [genitive, plural], τῇ μέρμῑθῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν μερμῑ́θοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς μέρμῑσῐ [dative, plural], μέρμῑσῐν [dative, plural], taîs mérmīsĭ [dative, plural], taîs mérmīsĭn [dative, plural], τὴν μέρμῑθᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ μέρμῑθε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μέρμῑθᾰς [accusative, plural], μέρμῑς [singular, vocative], μέρμῑθε [dual, vocative], μέρμῑθες [plural, vocative]
  1. cord, string, rope
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmer.mis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmer.mis/",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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}

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