ἀδίαντον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neutral form of ἀδίαντος (adíantos, “not wet, dry”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.dí.an.ton/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈdi.an.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈði.an.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈði.an.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈði.an.don/
Noun
ἀδῐ́ᾰντον • (adĭ́ănton) n (genitive ἀδῐᾰ́ντου); second declension
- maidenhair (Adiantum capillus-veneris)
- Synonym: πολύτριχον (polútrikhon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἀδῐ́ᾰντον tò adĭ́ănton |
τὼ ἀδῐᾰ́ντω tṑ adĭắntō |
τᾰ̀ ἀδῐ́ᾰντᾰ tằ adĭ́ăntă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀδῐᾰ́ντου toû adĭắntou |
τοῖν ἀδῐᾰ́ντοιν toîn adĭắntoin |
τῶν ἀδῐᾰ́ντων tôn adĭắntōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀδῐᾰ́ντῳ tōî adĭắntōi |
τοῖν ἀδῐᾰ́ντοιν toîn adĭắntoin |
τοῖς ἀδῐᾰ́ντοις toîs adĭắntois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἀδῐ́ᾰντον tò adĭ́ănton |
τὼ ἀδῐᾰ́ντω tṑ adĭắntō |
τᾰ̀ ἀδῐ́ᾰντᾰ tằ adĭ́ăntă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀδῐ́ᾰντον adĭ́ănton |
ἀδῐᾰ́ντω adĭắntō |
ἀδῐ́ᾰντᾰ adĭ́ăntă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: adiantum
- → Translingual: Adiantum
- → Classical Syriac: ܐܕܝܢܛܘܢ (ʔadiyanṭōn), ܐܕܝܐܢܛܘܢ (ʔadiyanṭōn)
Further reading
- “ἀδίαντον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀδίαντον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀδίαντος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)