σέλινον

See also: selinon

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from some non-Indo-European source, perhaps Pre-Greek. Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀮𐀪𐀜 (se-ri-no).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σέλῑνον • (sélīnon) n (genitive σελῑ́νου); second declension

  1. celery

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σέλῑνον; τοῦ σελῑ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σέλῑνον
tò sélīnon 		τὼ σελῑ́νω
tṑ selī́nō 		τᾰ̀ σέλῑνᾰ
tằ sélīnă
Genitive τοῦ σελῑ́νου
toû selī́nou 		τοῖν σελῑ́νοιν
toîn selī́noin 		τῶν σελῑ́νων
tôn selī́nōn
Dative τῷ σελῑ́νῳ
tōî selī́nōi 		τοῖν σελῑ́νοιν
toîn selī́noin 		τοῖς σελῑ́νοις
toîs selī́nois
Accusative τὸ σέλῑνον
tò sélīnon 		τὼ σελῑ́νω
tṑ selī́nō 		τᾰ̀ σέλῑνᾰ
tằ sélīnă
Vocative σέλῑνον
sélīnon 		σελῑ́νω
selī́nō 		σέλῑνᾰ
sélīnă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: σέλινο (sélino)
    • → Albanian: selino
    • → Bulgarian: це́лина (célina)
  • → Ge'ez: ሲላን (silan), ሲለን (silän), ስለን (səlän)
  • → Late Latin: selīnon, selīnum (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σέλῑνον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1319

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