βήχιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βήξ (bḗx, “cough”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βήχῐον • (bḗkhĭon) n (genitive βηχῐ́ου); second declension

  1. coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
    Synonyms: χᾰμαιλεύκη (khămaileúkē), χᾰμαίγειρον (khămaígeiron)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βήχῐον; τοῦ βηχῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βήχῐον
tò bḗkhĭon 		τὼ βηχῐ́ω
tṑ bēkhĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ βήχῐᾰ
tằ bḗkhĭă
Genitive τοῦ βηχῐ́ου
toû bēkhĭ́ou 		τοῖν βηχῐ́οιν
toîn bēkhĭ́oin 		τῶν βηχῐ́ων
tôn bēkhĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ βηχῐ́ῳ
tōî bēkhĭ́ōi 		τοῖν βηχῐ́οιν
toîn bēkhĭ́oin 		τοῖς βηχῐ́οις
toîs bēkhĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ βήχῐον
tò bḗkhĭon 		τὼ βηχῐ́ω
tṑ bēkhĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ βήχῐᾰ
tằ bḗkhĭă
Vocative βήχῐον
bḗkhĭon 		βηχῐ́ω
bēkhĭ́ō 		βήχῐᾰ
bḗkhĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: bēchion

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