καλλιπέταλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From καλλι- (kalli-, “beautiful”) + πέταλον (pétalon, “petal”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kal.li.pé.ta.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kal.liˈpe.ta.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kal.liˈpe.ta.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kal.liˈpe.ta.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.liˈpe.ta.lon/
Noun
κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον • (kăllĭpétălon) n (genitive κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λου); second declension
- creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)
- Synonyms: πεντᾰ́φῠλλον (pentắphŭllon), ψευδοσέλῑνον (pseudosélīnon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον tò kăllĭpétălon |
τὼ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λω tṑ kăllĭpetắlō |
τᾰ̀ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλᾰ tằ kăllĭpétălă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λου toû kăllĭpetắlou |
τοῖν κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λοιν toîn kăllĭpetắloin |
τῶν κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λων tôn kăllĭpetắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λῳ tōî kăllĭpetắlōi |
τοῖν κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λοιν toîn kăllĭpetắloin |
τοῖς κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λοις toîs kăllĭpetắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον tò kăllĭpétălon |
τὼ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λω tṑ kăllĭpetắlō |
τᾰ̀ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλᾰ tằ kăllĭpétălă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον kăllĭpétălon |
κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λω kăllĭpetắlō |
κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλᾰ kăllĭpétălă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: callipetalon
Further reading
- “καλλιπέταλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- καλλιπέταλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette