ηλιοτρόπιο

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἡλιοτρόπιον (hēliotrópion).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.li.oˈtɾo.pi.o/
  • Hyphenation: η‧λι‧ο‧τρό‧πι‧ο

Noun

ηλιοτρόπιο • (iliotrópio) n (plural ηλιοτρόπια)

  1. the heliotrope plant, any plant of the Heliotropium genus
  2. the sunflower plant
    Synonym: ηλίανθος (ilíanthos) (formal), ήλιος (ílios) (colloquial)
  3. (chemistry) litmus, a dyestuff extracted from certain lichens
    χαρτί ηλιοτροπίου ― chartí iliotropíou ― litmus paper

Declension

Declension of ηλιοτρόπιο
singular plural
nominative ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópio) ηλιοτρόπια (iliotrópia)
genitive ηλιοτροπίου (iliotropíou)
ηλιοτρόπιου (iliotrópiou) 		ηλιοτροπίων (iliotropíon)
accusative ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópio) ηλιοτρόπια (iliotrópia)
vocative ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópio) ηλιοτρόπια (iliotrópia)

References

  1. ^ ηλιοτρόπιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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