ἀλεξιφάρμακον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter form of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος (alexĭphắrmăkos, “acting as antidote”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.lek.si.pʰár.ma.kon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.lek.siˈpʰar.ma.kon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.lek.siˈɸar.ma.kon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.lek.siˈfar.ma.kon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.lek.siˈfar.ma.kon/
Noun
ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον • (alexĭphắrmăkon) n (genitive ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κου); second declension
- (medicine) antidote
- Synonyms: ἀλκτήρῐον (alktḗrĭon), ἀντῐ́δοτος (antĭ́dotos), θηρῐᾰκή (thērĭăkḗ)
- charm, spell
- (in general) remedy
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον tò alexĭphắrmăkon |
τὼ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κω tṑ alexĭphărmắkō |
τᾰ̀ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκᾰ tằ alexĭphắrmăkă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κου toû alexĭphărmắkou |
τοῖν ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κοιν toîn alexĭphărmắkoin |
τῶν ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κων tôn alexĭphărmắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κῳ tōî alexĭphărmắkōi |
τοῖν ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κοιν toîn alexĭphărmắkoin |
τοῖς ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κοις toîs alexĭphărmắkois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον tò alexĭphắrmăkon |
τὼ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κω tṑ alexĭphărmắkō |
τᾰ̀ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκᾰ tằ alexĭphắrmăkă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον alexĭphắrmăkon |
ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κω alexĭphărmắkō |
ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκᾰ alexĭphắrmăkă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀλεξιφάρμακον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀλεξιφάρμακον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλεξῐφάρμᾰκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)