ξυλαλόη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) + ἀλόη (alóē, “aloe”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksy.laː.ló.ɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ksy.laˈlo.e̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ksy.laˈlo.i/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ksy.laˈlo.i/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ksi.laˈlo.i/
Noun
ξῠλᾱλόη • (xŭlālóē) f (genitive ξῠλᾱλόης); first declension
- agalloch (Aquilaria malaccensis)
- Synonym: ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ξῠλᾱλόη hē xŭlālóē |
τὼ ξῠλᾱλόᾱ tṑ xŭlālóā |
αἱ ξῠλᾱλόαι hai xŭlālóai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ξῠλᾱλόης tês xŭlālóēs |
τοῖν ξῠλᾱλόαιν toîn xŭlālóain |
τῶν ξῠλᾱλοῶν tôn xŭlāloôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ξῠλᾱλόῃ tēî xŭlālóēi |
τοῖν ξῠλᾱλόαιν toîn xŭlālóain |
ταῖς ξῠλᾱλόαις taîs xŭlālóais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ξῠλᾱλόην tḕn xŭlālóēn |
τὼ ξῠλᾱλόᾱ tṑ xŭlālóā |
τᾱ̀ς ξῠλᾱλόᾱς tā̀s xŭlālóās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ξῠλᾱλόη xŭlālóē |
ξῠλᾱλόᾱ xŭlālóā |
ξῠλᾱλόαι xŭlālóai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ξυλαλόη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ξυλαλόη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette