τρυγόνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρῡγών (trūgṓn, “turtle dove”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tryː.ɡó.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tryˈɡo.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tryˈɣo.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tryˈɣo.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /triˈɣo.ni.on/
Noun
τρῡγόνῐον • (trūgónĭon) n (genitive τρῡγονῐ́ου); second declension
- gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus)
- Synonyms: βούνιον (boúnion), περιστερεών ὀρθός (peristereṓn orthós), φιλτροδότης (philtrodótēs)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ τρῡγόνῐον tò trūgónĭon |
τὼ τρῡγονῐ́ω tṑ trūgonĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ τρῡγόνῐᾰ tằ trūgónĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τρῡγονῐ́ου toû trūgonĭ́ou |
τοῖν τρῡγονῐ́οιν toîn trūgonĭ́oin |
τῶν τρῡγονῐ́ων tôn trūgonĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τρῡγονῐ́ῳ tōî trūgonĭ́ōi |
τοῖν τρῡγονῐ́οιν toîn trūgonĭ́oin |
τοῖς τρῡγονῐ́οις toîs trūgonĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ τρῡγόνῐον tò trūgónĭon |
τὼ τρῡγονῐ́ω tṑ trūgonĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ τρῡγόνῐᾰ tằ trūgónĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρῡγόνῐον trūgónĭon |
τρῡγονῐ́ω trūgonĭ́ō |
τρῡγόνῐᾰ trūgónĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: τρυγόνι (trygóni)
Further reading
- “τρυγόνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τρυγόνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette