καμηλοπόδιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”) + πόδιον (pódion, “little foot”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.mɛː.lo.pó.di.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.me̝.loˈpo.di.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.mi.loˈpo.ði.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.mi.loˈpo.ði.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.mi.loˈpo.ði.on/
Noun
κᾰμηλοπόδῐον • (kămēlopódĭon) n (genitive κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ου); second declension
- white horehound (Marrubium vulgare)
- Synonyms: ἀστερίσπα (asteríspa), πράσιον (prásion), προπέδιλον (propédilon), φιλοφαρές (philopharés), φυλλοφερές (phullopherés)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κᾰμηλοπόδῐον tò kămēlopódĭon |
τὼ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ω tṑ kămēlopodĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κᾰμηλοπόδῐᾰ tằ kămēlopódĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ου toû kămēlopodĭ́ou |
τοῖν κᾰμηλοποδῐ́οιν toîn kămēlopodĭ́oin |
τῶν κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ων tôn kămēlopodĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ῳ tōî kămēlopodĭ́ōi |
τοῖν κᾰμηλοποδῐ́οιν toîn kămēlopodĭ́oin |
τοῖς κᾰμηλοποδῐ́οις toîs kămēlopodĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κᾰμηλοπόδῐον tò kămēlopódĭon |
τὼ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ω tṑ kămēlopodĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κᾰμηλοπόδῐᾰ tằ kămēlopódĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰμηλοπόδῐον kămēlopódĭon |
κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ω kămēlopodĭ́ō |
κᾰμηλοπόδῐᾰ kămēlopódĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “καμηλοπόδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- καμηλοπόδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette