κισσόφυλλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κισσός (kissós, “ivy”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kis.só.pʰyl.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kisˈso.pʰyl.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cisˈso.ɸyl.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cisˈso.fyl.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈso.fi.lon/
Noun
κῐσσόφῠλλον • (kĭssóphŭllon) n (genitive κῐσσοφῠ́λλου); second declension
- ivy-leaf, used as a brand
- part of a torsion-engine shaped like an ivy-leaf
- honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
- Synonyms: κλύμενον (klúmenon), κυκλάμινος ἑτέρα (kukláminos hetéra), περικλύμενον (periklúmenon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κῐσσόφῠλλον tò kĭssóphŭllon |
τὼ κῐσσοφῠ́λλω tṑ kĭssophŭ́llō |
τᾰ̀ κῐσσόφῠλλᾰ tằ kĭssóphŭllă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κῐσσοφῠ́λλου toû kĭssophŭ́llou |
τοῖν κῐσσοφῠ́λλοιν toîn kĭssophŭ́lloin |
τῶν κῐσσοφῠ́λλων tôn kĭssophŭ́llōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κῐσσοφῠ́λλῳ tōî kĭssophŭ́llōi |
τοῖν κῐσσοφῠ́λλοιν toîn kĭssophŭ́lloin |
τοῖς κῐσσοφῠ́λλοις toîs kĭssophŭ́llois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κῐσσόφῠλλον tò kĭssóphŭllon |
τὼ κῐσσοφῠ́λλω tṑ kĭssophŭ́llō |
τᾰ̀ κῐσσόφῠλλᾰ tằ kĭssóphŭllă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῐσσόφῠλλον kĭssóphŭllon |
κῐσσοφῠ́λλω kĭssophŭ́llō |
κῐσσόφῠλλᾰ kĭssóphŭllă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κισσόφυλλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κισσόφυλλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette