πευκέδανον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πευκέδανος (peukédanos)
Etymology
From πευκεδανός (peukedanós, “bitter like resin”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /peu̯.ké.da.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /peʍˈke.da.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /peɸˈce.ða.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pefˈce.ða.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pefˈce.ða.non/
Noun
πευκέδᾰνον • (peukédănon) n (genitive πευκεδᾰ́νου); second declension
- sulphurwort (Peucedanum officinale)
- Synonym: ἀγρῐόφῠλλον (agrĭóphŭllon)
- (rare) squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πευκέδᾰνον tò peukédănon |
τὼ πευκεδᾰ́νω tṑ peukedắnō |
τᾰ̀ πευκέδᾰνᾰ tằ peukédănă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πευκεδᾰ́νου toû peukedắnou |
τοῖν πευκεδᾰ́νοιν toîn peukedắnoin |
τῶν πευκεδᾰ́νων tôn peukedắnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πευκεδᾰ́νῳ tōî peukedắnōi |
τοῖν πευκεδᾰ́νοιν toîn peukedắnoin |
τοῖς πευκεδᾰ́νοις toîs peukedắnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πευκέδᾰνον tò peukédănon |
τὼ πευκεδᾰ́νω tṑ peukedắnō |
τᾰ̀ πευκέδᾰνᾰ tằ peukédănă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πευκέδᾰνον peukédănon |
πευκεδᾰ́νω peukedắnō |
πευκέδᾰνᾰ peukédănă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: peucedanum
- → Translingual: Peucedanum
Further reading
- “πευκέδανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πευκέδανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “σίκυς ἄγριος – Ecballium elaterium”, in Dioscórides Interactivo[1] (in Spanish), 2025