δίκταμνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, or from Δίκτη (Díktē) (the name of a mountain of Crete).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δῐ́κτᾰμνον • (dĭ́ktămnon) n (genitive δῐκτᾰ́μνου); second declension

  1. dittany (Origanum dictamnus)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δῐ́κτᾰμνον; τοῦ δῐκτᾰ́μνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ δῐ́κτᾰμνον
tò dĭ́ktămnon 		τὼ δῐκτᾰ́μνω
tṑ dĭktắmnō 		τᾰ̀ δῐ́κτᾰμνᾰ
tằ dĭ́ktămnă
Genitive τοῦ δῐκτᾰ́μνου
toû dĭktắmnou 		τοῖν δῐκτᾰ́μνοιν
toîn dĭktắmnoin 		τῶν δῐκτᾰ́μνων
tôn dĭktắmnōn
Dative τῷ δῐκτᾰ́μνῳ
tōî dĭktắmnōi 		τοῖν δῐκτᾰ́μνοιν
toîn dĭktắmnoin 		τοῖς δῐκτᾰ́μνοις
toîs dĭktắmnois
Accusative τὸ δῐ́κτᾰμνον
tò dĭ́ktămnon 		τὼ δῐκτᾰ́μνω
tṑ dĭktắmnō 		τᾰ̀ δῐ́κτᾰμνᾰ
tằ dĭ́ktămnă
Vocative δῐ́κτᾰμνον
dĭ́ktămnon 		δῐκτᾰ́μνω
dĭktắmnō 		δῐ́κτᾰμνᾰ
dĭ́ktămnă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • δῐκτᾰ́μνῐνος (dĭktắmnĭnos)
  • δῐκτᾰμνῑ́της (dĭktămnī́tēs)
  • δῐκτᾰμνοειδής (dĭktămnoeidḗs)

Descendants

  • Greek: δίκταμο (díktamo)
  • → Latin: dictamnum, dictamnus

Further reading

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