μαχαιρόφυλλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μάχαιρα (mákhaira, “knife”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.kʰai̯.ró.pʰyl.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.kʰɛˈro.pʰyl.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.çɛˈro.ɸyl.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.çeˈro.fyl.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.çeˈro.fi.lon/
Noun
μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον • (măkhairóphŭllon) n (genitive μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου); second declension
- gladiolus (plant of the genus Gladiolus)
- Synonyms: ἀνᾰκτόρῐον (anăktórĭon), ξῐ́φῐον (xĭ́phĭon)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον tò măkhairóphŭllon |
τὼ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω tṑ măkhairophŭ́llō |
τᾰ̀ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ tằ măkhairóphŭllă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου toû măkhairophŭ́llou |
τοῖν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοιν toîn măkhairophŭ́lloin |
τῶν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλων tôn măkhairophŭ́llōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλῳ tōî măkhairophŭ́llōi |
τοῖν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοιν toîn măkhairophŭ́lloin |
τοῖς μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοις toîs măkhairophŭ́llois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον tò măkhairóphŭllon |
τὼ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω tṑ măkhairophŭ́llō |
τᾰ̀ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ tằ măkhairóphŭllă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον măkhairóphŭllon |
μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω măkhairophŭ́llō |
μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ măkhairóphŭllă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μαχαιρόφυλλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press