ψύλλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ψῠ́λλῐον • (psŭ́llĭon) n (genitive ψῠλλῐ́ου); second declension

  1. fleawort (Plantago psyllium)
    Synonyms: βουκράνιον (boukránion), κρυστᾰ́λλῐον (krustắllĭon), κυνοκέφαλον (kunoképhalon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον; τοῦ ψῠλλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον
tò psŭ́llĭon 		τὼ ψῠλλῐ́ω
tṑ psŭllĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ψῠ́λλῐᾰ
tằ psŭ́llĭă
Genitive τοῦ ψῠλλῐ́ου
toû psŭllĭ́ou 		τοῖν ψῠλλῐ́οιν
toîn psŭllĭ́oin 		τῶν ψῠλλῐ́ων
tôn psŭllĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ψῠλλῐ́ῳ
tōî psŭllĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ψῠλλῐ́οιν
toîn psŭllĭ́oin 		τοῖς ψῠλλῐ́οις
toîs psŭllĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον
tò psŭ́llĭon 		τὼ ψῠλλῐ́ω
tṑ psŭllĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ψῠ́λλῐᾰ
tằ psŭ́llĭă
Vocative ψῠ́λλῐον
psŭ́llĭon 		ψῠλλῐ́ω
psŭllĭ́ō 		ψῠ́λλῐᾰ
psŭ́llĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: psyllium

Further reading

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