γιγγίδιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γῐγγῐ́ς (gĭngĭ́s, “kind of turnip”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡiŋ.ɡí.di.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡiŋˈɡi.di.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/
Noun
γῐγγῐ́δῐον • (gĭngĭ́dĭon) n (genitive γῐγγῐδῐ́ου); second declension
- carrot (Daucus gingidium)
- dittander (Lepidium latifolium)
- Synonym: λεπῐ́δῐον (lepĭ́dĭon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ γῐγγῐ́δῐον tò gĭngĭ́dĭon |
τὼ γῐγγῐδῐ́ω tṑ gĭngĭdĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ γῐγγῐ́δῐᾰ tằ gĭngĭ́dĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γῐγγῐδῐ́ου toû gĭngĭdĭ́ou |
τοῖν γῐγγῐδῐ́οιν toîn gĭngĭdĭ́oin |
τῶν γῐγγῐδῐ́ων tôn gĭngĭdĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γῐγγῐδῐ́ῳ tōî gĭngĭdĭ́ōi |
τοῖν γῐγγῐδῐ́οιν toîn gĭngĭdĭ́oin |
τοῖς γῐγγῐδῐ́οις toîs gĭngĭdĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ γῐγγῐ́δῐον tò gĭngĭ́dĭon |
τὼ γῐγγῐδῐ́ω tṑ gĭngĭdĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ γῐγγῐ́δῐᾰ tằ gĭngĭ́dĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γῐγγῐ́δῐον gĭngĭ́dĭon |
γῐγγῐδῐ́ω gĭngĭdĭ́ō |
γῐγγῐ́δῐᾰ gĭngĭ́dĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “γιγγίδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γιγγίδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γιγγίδιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)