χελιδόνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χελιδών (khelidṓn, “swallow”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χελῑδόνῐον • (khelīdónĭon) n (genitive χελῑδονῐ́ου); second declension

  1. greater celandine (Chelidonium majus)
    Synonyms: ἐλῠ́δρῐον (elŭ́drĭon), ὀθόννᾰ (othónnă)
  2. young swallow

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χελῑδόνῐον; τοῦ χελῑδονῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ χελῑδόνῐον
tò khelīdónĭon 		τὼ χελῑδονῐ́ω
tṑ khelīdonĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ χελῑδόνῐᾰ
tằ khelīdónĭă
Genitive τοῦ χελῑδονῐ́ου
toû khelīdonĭ́ou 		τοῖν χελῑδονῐ́οιν
toîn khelīdonĭ́oin 		τῶν χελῑδονῐ́ων
tôn khelīdonĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ χελῑδονῐ́ῳ
tōî khelīdonĭ́ōi 		τοῖν χελῑδονῐ́οιν
toîn khelīdonĭ́oin 		τοῖς χελῑδονῐ́οις
toîs khelīdonĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ χελῑδόνῐον
tò khelīdónĭon 		τὼ χελῑδονῐ́ω
tṑ khelīdonĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ χελῑδόνῐᾰ
tằ khelīdónĭă
Vocative χελῑδόνῐον
khelīdónĭon 		χελῑδονῐ́ω
khelīdonĭ́ō 		χελῑδόνῐᾰ
khelīdónĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: χελιδόνι (chelidóni)
  • Pontic Greek: χ̌ελιδόνιν (šelidónin), χ̌ελιδόν’ (šelidón’), χ̌ελιδόνι (šelidóni)
  • → Translingual: Chelidonium

Further reading

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