φέρομβρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φέρω (phérō, “to bring”) + ὄμβρος (ómbros, “thunderstorm”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰé.rom.bron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰe.rom.bron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸe.rom.bron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfe.rom.bron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfe.rom.bron/
Noun
φέρομβρον • (phérombron) n (genitive φερόμβρου); second declension
- squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)
- Synonyms: σίκυς άγριος m (síkus ágrios), ἐλατήριον n (elatḗrion), νότιον n (nótion), βουβάλιον n (boubálion), βάλλις f (bállis), σκόπιον n (skópion), γρῦνον n (grûnon), πευκέδανον n (peukédanon), σκόρπιον n (skórpion)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φέρομβρον tò phérombron |
τὼ φερόμβρω tṑ pherómbrō |
τᾰ̀ φέρομβρᾰ tằ phérombră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φερόμβρου toû pherómbrou |
τοῖν φερόμβροιν toîn pherómbroin |
τῶν φερόμβρων tôn pherómbrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φερόμβρῳ tōî pherómbrōi |
τοῖν φερόμβροιν toîn pherómbroin |
τοῖς φερόμβροις toîs pherómbrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ φέρομβρον tò phérombron |
τὼ φερόμβρω tṑ pherómbrō |
τᾰ̀ φέρομβρᾰ tằ phérombră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φέρομβρον phérombron |
φερόμβρω pherómbrō |
φέρομβρᾰ phérombră | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “φέρομβρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φέρομβρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette