ξάνθιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), because it was used for dyeing the hair yellow.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ξᾰ́νθῐον • (xắnthĭon) n (genitive ξᾰνθῐ́ου); second declension

  1. cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ξᾰ́νθῐον; τοῦ ξᾰνθῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ξᾰ́νθῐον
tò xắnthĭon 		τὼ ξᾰνθῐ́ω
tṑ xănthĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ξᾰ́νθῐᾰ
tằ xắnthĭă
Genitive τοῦ ξᾰνθῐ́ου
toû xănthĭ́ou 		τοῖν ξᾰνθῐ́οιν
toîn xănthĭ́oin 		τῶν ξᾰνθῐ́ων
tôn xănthĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ξᾰνθῐ́ῳ
tōî xănthĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ξᾰνθῐ́οιν
toîn xănthĭ́oin 		τοῖς ξᾰνθῐ́οις
toîs xănthĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ξᾰ́νθῐον
tò xắnthĭon 		τὼ ξᾰνθῐ́ω
tṑ xănthĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ξᾰ́νθῐᾰ
tằ xắnthĭă
Vocative ξᾰ́νθῐον
xắnthĭon 		ξᾰνθῐ́ω
xănthĭ́ō 		ξᾰ́νθῐᾰ
xắnthĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Xanthium

Further reading

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