μυάκανθος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) + ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “thorn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /my.á.kan.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /myˈa.kan.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /myˈa.kan.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /myˈa.kan.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈa.kan.θos/
Noun
μῠᾰ́κᾰνθος • (mŭắkănthos) m (genitive μῠᾰκᾰ́νθου); second declension
- butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)
- Synonyms: κεντρομυρσίνη (kentromursínē), ὀξυμυρσίνη (oxumursínē), χαμαιμυρσίνη (khamaimursínē)
- wild asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ μῠᾰ́κᾰνθος ho mŭắkănthos |
τὼ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθω tṑ mŭăkắnthō |
οἱ μῠᾰ́κᾰνθοι hoi mŭắkănthoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθου toû mŭăkắnthou |
τοῖν μῠᾰκᾰ́νθοιν toîn mŭăkắnthoin |
τῶν μῠᾰκᾰ́νθων tôn mŭăkắnthōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθῳ tōî mŭăkắnthōi |
τοῖν μῠᾰκᾰ́νθοιν toîn mŭăkắnthoin |
τοῖς μῠᾰκᾰ́νθοις toîs mŭăkắnthois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν μῠᾰ́κᾰνθον tòn mŭắkănthon |
τὼ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθω tṑ mŭăkắnthō |
τοὺς μῠᾰκᾰ́νθους toùs mŭăkắnthous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῠᾰ́κᾰνθε mŭắkănthe |
μῠᾰκᾰ́νθω mŭăkắnthō |
μῠᾰ́κᾰνθοι mŭắkănthoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μυακάνθινος (muakánthinos)
References
- “μυάκανθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μυάκανθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette