πολύγαλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πολύς (polús, “many”) + γάλα (gála, “milk”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lý.ɡa.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈly.ɡa.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈly.ɣa.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈly.ɣa.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈli.ɣa.lon/
Noun
πολῠ́γᾰλον • (polŭ́gălon) n (genitive πολῠγᾰ́λου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πολῠ́γᾰλον tò polŭ́gălon |
τὼ πολῠγᾰ́λω tṑ polŭgắlō |
τᾰ̀ πολῠ́γᾰλᾰ tằ polŭ́gălă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πολῠγᾰ́λου toû polŭgắlou |
τοῖν πολῠγᾰ́λοιν toîn polŭgắloin |
τῶν πολῠγᾰ́λων tôn polŭgắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πολῠγᾰ́λῳ tōî polŭgắlōi |
τοῖν πολῠγᾰ́λοιν toîn polŭgắloin |
τοῖς πολῠγᾰ́λοις toîs polŭgắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πολῠ́γᾰλον tò polŭ́gălon |
τὼ πολῠγᾰ́λω tṑ polŭgắlō |
τᾰ̀ πολῠ́γᾰλᾰ tằ polŭ́gălă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πολῠ́γᾰλον polŭ́gălon |
πολῠγᾰ́λω polŭgắlō |
πολῠ́γᾰλᾰ polŭ́gălă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Polygala
Further reading
- “πολύγαλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πολύγαλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette