βλήχων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βληχώ (blēkhṓ)
γλᾱ́χων (glā́khōn) — Doric
γλήχων (glḗkhōn) — Ionic

Etymology

According to Beekes, since the word has no etymology, and since the stem formation is strange, it is probably a Pre-Greek word. Nonetheless a Proto-Hellenic reconstruction *gʷlā́kʰōn is possible.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blɛ̌ː.kʰɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈble̝.kʰon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβli.xon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvli.xon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvli.xon/

Noun

βλήχων • (blḗkhōn) f (genitive βλήχωνος); third declension

pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ βλήχων; τῆς βλήχωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βλήχων hē blḗkhōn	τὼ βλήχωνε tṑ blḗkhōne	αἱ βλήχωνες hai blḗkhōnes
Genitive	τῆς βλήχωνος tês blḗkhōnos	τοῖν βληχώνοιν toîn blēkhṓnoin	τῶν βληχώνων tôn blēkhṓnōn
Dative	τῇ βλήχωνῐ tēî blḗkhōnĭ	τοῖν βληχώνοιν toîn blēkhṓnoin	ταῖς βλήχωσῐ / βλήχωσῐν taîs blḗkhōsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν βλήχωνᾰ tḕn blḗkhōnă	τὼ βλήχωνε tṑ blḗkhōne	τᾱ̀ς βλήχωνᾰς tā̀s blḗkhōnăs
Vocative	βλήχων blḗkhōn	βλήχωνε blḗkhōne	βλήχωνες blḗkhōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

βληχωνίας (blēkhōnías)
βληχώνιον (blēkhṓnion)