πολυγόνατον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter of πολυγόνατος (polugónatos, “having many joints”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.ly.ɡó.na.ton/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.lyˈɡo.na.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.lyˈɣo.na.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.lyˈɣo.na.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.liˈɣo.na.ton/
Noun
πολῠγόνᾰτον • (polŭgónăton) n (genitive πολῠγονᾰ́του); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πολῠγόνᾰτον tò polŭgónăton |
τὼ πολῠγονᾰ́τω tṑ polŭgonắtō |
τᾰ̀ πολῠγόνᾰτᾰ tằ polŭgónătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πολῠγονᾰ́του toû polŭgonắtou |
τοῖν πολῠγονᾰ́τοιν toîn polŭgonắtoin |
τῶν πολῠγονᾰ́των tôn polŭgonắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πολῠγονᾰ́τῳ tōî polŭgonắtōi |
τοῖν πολῠγονᾰ́τοιν toîn polŭgonắtoin |
τοῖς πολῠγονᾰ́τοις toîs polŭgonắtois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πολῠγόνᾰτον tò polŭgónăton |
τὼ πολῠγονᾰ́τω tṑ polŭgonắtō |
τᾰ̀ πολῠγόνᾰτᾰ tằ polŭgónătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πολῠγόνᾰτον polŭgónăton |
πολῠγονᾰ́τω polŭgonắtō |
πολῠγόνᾰτᾰ polŭgónătă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Polygonatum
Further reading
- “πολυγόνατον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πολυγόνατον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette