βαλαύστρινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βαλαύστιον (balaústion, “pomegranate flower”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /baˈlaʍs.tri.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaˈlaɸs.tri.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vaˈlafs.tri.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈlafs.tri.nos/
Adjective
βαλαύστρῐνος • (balaústrĭnos) m (feminine βαλαυστρῐ́νη, neuter βαλαύστρῐνον); first/second declension
- of the color of pomegranate flowers
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | βαλαύστρῐνος balaústrĭnos |
βαλαυστρῐ́νη balaustrĭ́nē |
βαλαύστρῐνον balaústrĭnon |
βαλαυστρῐ́νω balaustrĭ́nō |
βαλαυστρῐ́νᾱ balaustrĭ́nā |
βαλαυστρῐ́νω balaustrĭ́nō |
βαλαύστρῐνοι balaústrĭnoi |
βαλαύστρῐναι balaústrĭnai |
βαλαύστρῐνᾰ balaústrĭnă | |||||
| Genitive | βαλαυστρῐ́νου balaustrĭ́nou |
βαλαυστρῐ́νης balaustrĭ́nēs |
βαλαυστρῐ́νου balaustrĭ́nou |
βαλαυστρῐ́νοιν balaustrĭ́noin |
βαλαυστρῐ́ναιν balaustrĭ́nain |
βαλαυστρῐ́νοιν balaustrĭ́noin |
βαλαυστρῐ́νων balaustrĭ́nōn |
βαλαυστρῐ́νων balaustrĭ́nōn |
βαλαυστρῐ́νων balaustrĭ́nōn | |||||
| Dative | βαλαυστρῐ́νῳ balaustrĭ́nōi |
βαλαυστρῐ́νῃ balaustrĭ́nēi |
βαλαυστρῐ́νῳ balaustrĭ́nōi |
βαλαυστρῐ́νοιν balaustrĭ́noin |
βαλαυστρῐ́ναιν balaustrĭ́nain |
βαλαυστρῐ́νοιν balaustrĭ́noin |
βαλαυστρῐ́νοις balaustrĭ́nois |
βαλαυστρῐ́ναις balaustrĭ́nais |
βαλαυστρῐ́νοις balaustrĭ́nois | |||||
| Accusative | βαλαύστρῐνον balaústrĭnon |
βαλαυστρῐ́νην balaustrĭ́nēn |
βαλαύστρῐνον balaústrĭnon |
βαλαυστρῐ́νω balaustrĭ́nō |
βαλαυστρῐ́νᾱ balaustrĭ́nā |
βαλαυστρῐ́νω balaustrĭ́nō |
βαλαυστρῐ́νους balaustrĭ́nous |
βαλαυστρῐ́νᾱς balaustrĭ́nās |
βαλαύστρῐνᾰ balaústrĭnă | |||||
| Vocative | βαλαύστρῐνε balaústrĭne |
βαλαυστρῐ́νη balaustrĭ́nē |
βαλαύστρῐνον balaústrĭnon |
βαλαυστρῐ́νω balaustrĭ́nō |
βαλαυστρῐ́νᾱ balaustrĭ́nā |
βαλαυστρῐ́νω balaustrĭ́nō |
βαλαύστρῐνοι balaústrĭnoi |
βαλαύστρῐναι balaústrĭnai |
βαλαύστρῐνᾰ balaústrĭnă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| βαλαυστρῐ́νως balaustrĭ́nōs |
βαλαυστρῐνώτερος balaustrĭnṓteros |
βαλαυστρῐνώτᾰτος balaustrĭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βαλαύστρινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βαλαύστρινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)