σίλλυβον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The origin is unclear. The formation resembles σκόλυμος (skólumos), ὄροβος (órobos), κόρυμβος (kórumbos) and ὄχθοιβος (ókhthoibos).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σίλλῠβον • (síllŭbon) n (genitive σιλλύβου); second declension

  1. milk thistle (Silybum marianum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σίλλῠβον; τοῦ σιλλῠ́βου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σίλλῠβον
tò síllŭbon 		τὼ σιλλῠ́βω
tṑ sillŭ́bō 		τᾰ̀ σίλλῠβᾰ
tằ síllŭbă
Genitive τοῦ σιλλῠ́βου
toû sillŭ́bou 		τοῖν σιλλῠ́βοιν
toîn sillŭ́boin 		τῶν σιλλῠ́βων
tôn sillŭ́bōn
Dative τῷ σιλλῠ́βῳ
tōî sillŭ́bōi 		τοῖν σιλλῠ́βοιν
toîn sillŭ́boin 		τοῖς σιλλῠ́βοις
toîs sillŭ́bois
Accusative τὸ σίλλῠβον
tò síllŭbon 		τὼ σιλλῠ́βω
tṑ sillŭ́bō 		τᾰ̀ σίλλῠβᾰ
tằ síllŭbă
Vocative σίλλῠβον
síllŭbon 		σιλλῠ́βω
sillŭ́bō 		σίλλῠβᾰ
síllŭbă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • σίλλυβα (sílluba)
  • σίλλυβος (síllubos)

Descendants

  • Latin: sillybus
  • Translingual: Silybum

Further reading

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