σμύρνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σμύρνα (smúrna, “myrrh”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zmýr.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzmyr.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzmyr.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzmyr.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzmir.ni.on/
Noun
σμῠ́ρνῐον • (smŭ́rnĭon) n (genitive σμῠρνῐ́ου); second declension
- Cretan alexanders (Smyrnium perfoliatum)
- Synonym: βουσέλῑνον (bousélīnon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σμῠ́ρνῐον tò smŭ́rnĭon |
τὼ σμῠρνῐ́ω tṑ smŭrnĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σμῠ́ρνῐᾰ tằ smŭ́rnĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σμῠρνῐ́ου toû smŭrnĭ́ou |
τοῖν σμῠρνῐ́οιν toîn smŭrnĭ́oin |
τῶν σμῠρνῐ́ων tôn smŭrnĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σμῠρνῐ́ῳ tōî smŭrnĭ́ōi |
τοῖν σμῠρνῐ́οιν toîn smŭrnĭ́oin |
τοῖς σμῠρνῐ́οις toîs smŭrnĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σμῠ́ρνῐον tò smŭ́rnĭon |
τὼ σμῠρνῐ́ω tṑ smŭrnĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σμῠ́ρνῐᾰ tằ smŭ́rnĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σμῠ́ρνῐον smŭ́rnĭon |
σμῠρνῐ́ω smŭrnĭ́ō |
σμῠ́ρνῐᾰ smŭ́rnĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Smyrnium
Further reading
- “σμύρνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σμύρνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette