σκολοπένδριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra, “scolopendra”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sko.lo.pén.dri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sko.loˈpen.dri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sko.loˈpen.dri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sko.loˈpen.dri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sko.loˈpen.dri.on/
Noun
σκολοπένδρῐον • (skolopéndrĭon) n (genitive σκολοπενδρῐ́ου); second declension
- hart's tongue (Asplenium scolopendrium)
- Synonym: φυλλῖτις (phullîtis)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σκολοπένδρῐον tò skolopéndrĭon |
τὼ σκολοπενδρῐ́ω tṑ skolopendrĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σκολοπένδρῐᾰ tằ skolopéndrĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκολοπενδρῐ́ου toû skolopendrĭ́ou |
τοῖν σκολοπενδρῐ́οιν toîn skolopendrĭ́oin |
τῶν σκολοπενδρῐ́ων tôn skolopendrĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκολοπενδρῐ́ῳ tōî skolopendrĭ́ōi |
τοῖν σκολοπενδρῐ́οιν toîn skolopendrĭ́oin |
τοῖς σκολοπενδρῐ́οις toîs skolopendrĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σκολοπένδρῐον tò skolopéndrĭon |
τὼ σκολοπενδρῐ́ω tṑ skolopendrĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σκολοπένδρῐᾰ tằ skolopéndrĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκολοπένδρῐον skolopéndrĭon |
σκολοπενδρῐ́ω skolopendrĭ́ō |
σκολοπένδρῐᾰ skolopéndrĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σκολοπένδριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκολοπένδριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette