στρύχνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στρύχνον • (strúkhnon) n (genitive στρύχνου); second declension

  1. name of various nightshades:
    1. winter cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)
      Synonym: ἁλικάκκαβον (halikákkabon)
    2. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
    3. thorn apple (Datura stramonium)
      Synonym: ἱππομᾰνές (hippomănés)
    4. ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
      Synonyms: ἁλικάκκαβον (halikákkabon), κακκαλία (kakkalía), μώριος (mṓrios)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ στρῠ́χνον; τοῦ στρῠ́χνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ στρῠ́χνον
tò strŭ́khnon 		τὼ στρῠ́χνω
tṑ strŭ́khnō 		τᾰ̀ στρῠ́χνᾰ
tằ strŭ́khnă
Genitive τοῦ στρῠ́χνου
toû strŭ́khnou 		τοῖν στρῠ́χνοιν
toîn strŭ́khnoin 		τῶν στρῠ́χνων
tôn strŭ́khnōn
Dative τῷ στρῠ́χνῳ
tōî strŭ́khnōi 		τοῖν στρῠ́χνοιν
toîn strŭ́khnoin 		τοῖς στρῠ́χνοις
toîs strŭ́khnois
Accusative τὸ στρῠ́χνον
tò strŭ́khnon 		τὼ στρῠ́χνω
tṑ strŭ́khnō 		τᾰ̀ στρῠ́χνᾰ
tằ strŭ́khnă
Vocative στρῠ́χνον
strŭ́khnon 		στρῠ́χνω
strŭ́khnō 		στρῠ́χνᾰ
strŭ́khnă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: στρύχνος (strýchnos)
  • → Latin: strychnos

Further reading

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