ζιζάνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Loaned through an Aramaic form attested as Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זזניא, זזנייא, Mishnaic Hebrew זזנין, Classical Syriac ܙܺܽܝܙܳܢܳܐ (zīzānā, “ryegrass”), from Sumerian 𒍣𒍝𒀭 (zizān, “wheat”). See also living Arabic زِوَان (ziwān) for the term’s semantic range.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ζῐζᾰ́νῐον • (zĭzắnĭon) n (genitive ζῐζᾰνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. darnel, ryegrass (Lolium temulentum)
    Synonyms: αἶρα (aîra), θύαρος (thúaros)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ζῐζᾰ́νῐον; τοῦ ζῐζᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ζῐζᾰ́νῐον
tò zĭzắnĭon 		τὼ ζῐζᾰνῐ́ω
tṑ zĭzănĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ζῐζᾰ́νῐᾰ
tằ zĭzắnĭă
Genitive τοῦ ζῐζᾰνῐ́ου
toû zĭzănĭ́ou 		τοῖν ζῐζᾰνῐ́οιν
toîn zĭzănĭ́oin 		τῶν ζῐζᾰνῐ́ων
tôn zĭzănĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ζῐζᾰνῐ́ῳ
tōî zĭzănĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ζῐζᾰνῐ́οιν
toîn zĭzănĭ́oin 		τοῖς ζῐζᾰνῐ́οις
toîs zĭzănĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ζῐζᾰ́νῐον
tò zĭzắnĭon 		τὼ ζῐζᾰνῐ́ω
tṑ zĭzănĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ζῐζᾰ́νῐᾰ
tằ zĭzắnĭă
Vocative ζῐζᾰ́νῐον
zĭzắnĭon 		ζῐζᾰνῐ́ω
zĭzănĭ́ō 		ζῐζᾰ́νῐᾰ
zĭzắnĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ζῐζᾰνῐοσπόρος (zĭzănĭospóros)
  • ζῐζᾰνοσπορεύς (zĭzănosporeús)
  • ζῐζᾰνώδης (zĭzănṓdēs)

Descendants

  • Greek: ζιζάνιο n (zizánio, “weed”)
  • → Latin: zizanium, zizannium, zizania, zizannia

References

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