γεντιανή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • γεντιάς (gentiás)

Etymology

According to Pedanius Dioscorides, the plant is named after the Illyrian king Gentius, which has been associated with the fact that the plant was prominent in the Alps.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

γεντῐᾱνή • (gentĭānḗ) f (genitive γεντῐᾱνῆς); first declension

  1. gentian (plant of the genus Gentiana)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γεντῐᾱνή; τῆς γεντῐᾱνῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ γεντῐᾱνή
hē gentĭānḗ 		τὼ γεντῐᾱνᾱ́
tṑ gentĭānā́ 		αἱ γεντῐᾱναί
hai gentĭānaí
Genitive τῆς γεντῐᾱνῆς
tês gentĭānês 		τοῖν γεντῐᾱναῖν
toîn gentĭānaîn 		τῶν γεντῐᾱνῶν
tôn gentĭānôn
Dative τῇ γεντῐᾱνῇ
tēî gentĭānēî 		τοῖν γεντῐᾱναῖν
toîn gentĭānaîn 		ταῖς γεντῐᾱναῖς
taîs gentĭānaîs
Accusative τὴν γεντῐᾱνήν
tḕn gentĭānḗn 		τὼ γεντῐᾱνᾱ́
tṑ gentĭānā́ 		τᾱ̀ς γεντῐᾱνᾱ́ς
tā̀s gentĭānā́s
Vocative γεντῐᾱνή
gentĭānḗ 		γεντῐᾱνᾱ́
gentĭānā́ 		γεντῐᾱναί
gentĭānaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Classical Syriac: ܓܢܛܝܢܐ (genṭyānā)
    • → Arabic: جَنْطِيَانَا (janṭiyānā)
      • → Middle Armenian: ջանդիան (ǰandian), ջանդիանէ (ǰandianē), ճինտիանէ (čintianē)
      • → Persian: جنطیانا
      • → Ottoman Turkish: جنطیانا (centiyana)
        • Turkish: centiyana
  • → Latin: gentiāna

References

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