πέταλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πετάννυμι (petánnumi, “I open, spread out”).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

πέτᾰλον • (pétălon) n

  1. inflection of πέταλος (pétalos):
    1. masculine accusative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Noun

πέτᾰλον • (pétălon) n (genitive πετᾰ́λου); second declension

  1. leaf of plant, flower, or tree
  2. thin plate of metal, leaf of metal
  3. slice

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πέτᾰλον; τοῦ πετᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πέτᾰλον
tò pétălon 		τὼ πετᾰ́λω
tṑ petắlō 		τᾰ̀ πέτᾰλᾰ
tằ pétălă
Genitive τοῦ πετᾰ́λου
toû petắlou 		τοῖν πετᾰ́λοιν
toîn petắloin 		τῶν πετᾰ́λων
tôn petắlōn
Dative τῷ πετᾰ́λῳ
tōî petắlōi 		τοῖν πετᾰ́λοιν
toîn petắloin 		τοῖς πετᾰ́λοις
toîs petắlois
Accusative τὸ πέτᾰλον
tò pétălon 		τὼ πετᾰ́λω
tṑ petắlō 		τᾰ̀ πέτᾰλᾰ
tằ pétălă
Vocative πέτᾰλον
pétălon 		πετᾰ́λω
petắlō 		πέτᾰλᾰ
pétălă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants
  • Greek: πέταλο (pétalo)
  • → Catalan: pètal
  • → Dutch: petaal, petalum
  • → English: petal
  • → Esperanto: petalo
  • → French: pétale
  • → Galician: pétalo
  • → Ido: petalo
  • → Irish: peiteal
  • → Old Georgian: პეტალოჲ (ṗeṭaloy)
  • → Italian: petalo
  • → Norman: pétale
  • → Portuguese: pétala
  • → Romanian: petală
  • → Spanish: pétalo
  • → Swahili: petali

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