εὐφόρβιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὔφορβος (eúphorbos, “well fed”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.pʰór.bi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eʍˈpʰor.bi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɸˈɸor.βi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /efˈfor.vi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /efˈfor.vi.on/
Noun
εὐφόρβῐον • (euphórbĭon) n (genitive εὐφορβῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ εὐφόρβῐον tò euphórbĭon |
τὼ εὐφορβῐ́ω tṑ euphorbĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ εὐφόρβῐᾰ tằ euphórbĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ εὐφορβῐ́ου toû euphorbĭ́ou |
τοῖν εὐφορβῐ́οιν toîn euphorbĭ́oin |
τῶν εὐφορβῐ́ων tôn euphorbĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ εὐφορβῐ́ῳ tōî euphorbĭ́ōi |
τοῖν εὐφορβῐ́οιν toîn euphorbĭ́oin |
τοῖς εὐφορβῐ́οις toîs euphorbĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ εὐφόρβῐον tò euphórbĭon |
τὼ εὐφορβῐ́ω tṑ euphorbĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ εὐφόρβῐᾰ tằ euphórbĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | εὐφόρβῐον euphórbĭon |
εὐφορβῐ́ω euphorbĭ́ō |
εὐφόρβῐᾰ euphórbĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: euphorbium
Further reading
- “εὐφόρβιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εὐφόρβιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette