βεττονική
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vettōnica (“betony”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bet.to.ni.kɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bet.to.niˈke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βet.to.niˈci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vet.to.niˈci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ve.to.niˈci/
Noun
βεττονῐκή • (bettonĭkḗ) f (genitive βεττονῐκῆς); first declension
- ironwort of subspecies Sideritis romana subsp. purpurea (syn. Sideritis purpurea)
- Synonym: κέστρον (késtron)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βεττονῐκή hē bettonĭkḗ |
τὼ βεττονῐκᾱ́ tṑ bettonĭkā́ |
αἱ βεττονῐκαί hai bettonĭkaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βεττονῐκῆς tês bettonĭkês |
τοῖν βεττονῐκαῖν toîn bettonĭkaîn |
τῶν βεττονῐκῶν tôn bettonĭkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βεττονῐκῇ tēî bettonĭkēî |
τοῖν βεττονῐκαῖν toîn bettonĭkaîn |
ταῖς βεττονῐκαῖς taîs bettonĭkaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βεττονῐκήν tḕn bettonĭkḗn |
τὼ βεττονῐκᾱ́ tṑ bettonĭkā́ |
τᾱ̀ς βεττονῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s bettonĭkā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βεττονῐκή bettonĭkḗ |
βεττονῐκᾱ́ bettonĭkā́ |
βεττονῐκαί bettonĭkaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βεττονική”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βεττονική in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βεττονική in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- 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
- Sideritis+purpurea at The Plant List