βούνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βουνός (bounós, “hill”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βούνῐον • (boúnĭon) n (genitive βουνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. (botany) earthnut, Bunium ferulaceum
    1. (οἶνος διὰ βουνίου) the aromatic wine of earthnuts
    2. vervain, Verbena officinalis
      • PMag. 3.333
      • Ps.-Dsc. 4.59
  2. diminutive of βουνός (bounós), hillock
    • Inschriften von Priene 42.41

Declension

Second declension of τὸ βούνῐον; τοῦ βουνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βούνῐον
tò boúnĭon 		τὼ βουνῐ́ω
tṑ bounĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ βούνῐᾰ
tằ boúnĭă
Genitive τοῦ βουνῐ́ου
toû bounĭ́ou 		τοῖν βουνῐ́οιν
toîn bounĭ́oin 		τῶν βουνῐ́ων
tôn bounĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ βουνῐ́ῳ
tōî bounĭ́ōi 		τοῖν βουνῐ́οιν
toîn bounĭ́oin 		τοῖς βουνῐ́οις
toîs bounĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ βούνῐον
tò boúnĭon 		τὼ βουνῐ́ω
tṑ bounĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ βούνῐᾰ
tằ boúnĭă
Vocative βούνῐον
boúnĭon 		βουνῐ́ω
bounĭ́ō 		βούνῐᾰ
boúnĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

  • (vervain): περιστερεών (peristereṓn)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: būnion

References

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