φρένιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰré.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰre.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸre.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfre.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfre.ni.on/
Noun
φρένῐον • (phrénĭon) n (genitive φρενῐ́ου); second declension
- poppy anemone (Anemone coronaria)
- Synonym: ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φρένῐον tò phrénĭon |
τὼ φρενῐ́ω tṑ phrenĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ φρένῐᾰ tằ phrénĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φρενῐ́ου toû phrenĭ́ou |
τοῖν φρενῐ́οιν toîn phrenĭ́oin |
τῶν φρενῐ́ων tôn phrenĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φρενῐ́ῳ tōî phrenĭ́ōi |
τοῖν φρενῐ́οιν toîn phrenĭ́oin |
τοῖς φρενῐ́οις toîs phrenĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ φρένῐον tò phrénĭon |
τὼ φρενῐ́ω tṑ phrenĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ φρένῐᾰ tằ phrénĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φρένῐον phrénĭon |
φρενῐ́ω phrenĭ́ō |
φρένῐᾰ phrénĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: phrenion
Further reading
- “φρένιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press