πολεμώνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Πολέμων (Polémōn) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.le.mɔ̌ː.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
Noun
πολεμώνῐον • (polemṓnĭon) n (genitive πολεμωνῐ́ου); second declension
- Jacob's ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
- Synonyms: φῐλεταίρῐον (phĭletaírĭon), χῑλῐοδῠ́νᾰμῐς (khīlĭodŭ́nămĭs)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πολεμώνῐον tò polemṓnĭon |
τὼ πολεμωνῐ́ω tṑ polemōnĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ πολεμώνῐᾰ tằ polemṓnĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πολεμωνῐ́ου toû polemōnĭ́ou |
τοῖν πολεμωνῐ́οιν toîn polemōnĭ́oin |
τῶν πολεμωνῐ́ων tôn polemōnĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πολεμωνῐ́ῳ tōî polemōnĭ́ōi |
τοῖν πολεμωνῐ́οιν toîn polemōnĭ́oin |
τοῖς πολεμωνῐ́οις toîs polemōnĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πολεμώνῐον tò polemṓnĭon |
τὼ πολεμωνῐ́ω tṑ polemōnĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ πολεμώνῐᾰ tằ polemṓnĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πολεμώνῐον polemṓnĭon |
πολεμωνῐ́ω polemōnĭ́ō |
πολεμώνῐᾰ polemṓnĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: polemōnia
- → Translingual: Polemonium
- → English: polemonium
Further reading
- “πολεμώνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πολεμώνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette