μήνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μήν (mḗn, “month”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μήνῐον • (mḗnĭon) n (genitive μηνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. common peony (Paeonia officinalis)
    Synonyms: ᾱ̓γλᾰοφῶτῐς (āglăophôtĭs), γλαβρήνη (glabrḗnē), γλυκυσίδη (glukusídē), ὀρόβαξ (oróbax)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μήνῐον; τοῦ μηνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ μήνῐον
tò mḗnĭon 		τὼ μηνῐ́ω
tṑ mēnĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ μήνῐᾰ
tằ mḗnĭă
Genitive τοῦ μηνῐ́ου
toû mēnĭ́ou 		τοῖν μηνῐ́οιν
toîn mēnĭ́oin 		τῶν μηνῐ́ων
tôn mēnĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ μηνῐ́ῳ
tōî mēnĭ́ōi 		τοῖν μηνῐ́οιν
toîn mēnĭ́oin 		τοῖς μηνῐ́οις
toîs mēnĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ μήνῐον
tò mḗnĭon 		τὼ μηνῐ́ω
tṑ mēnĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ μήνῐᾰ
tằ mḗnĭă
Vocative μήνῐον
mḗnĭon 		μηνῐ́ω
mēnĭ́ō 		μήνῐᾰ
mḗnĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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