ἀμάραντον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.má.ran.ton/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈma.ran.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈma.ran.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈma.ran.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈma.ran.don/
Adjective
ἀμάραντον • (amáranton)
- inflection of ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading, immortal”):
- masculine/feminine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
Noun
ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον • (amắrănton) n (genitive ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντου); second declension
- everlasting (Helichrysum orientale)
- Synonyms: ἑλίχρυσον (helíkhruson), χρυσοκόμη (khrusokómē)
- centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον tò amắrănton |
τὼ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντω tṑ amărắntō |
τᾰ̀ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντᾰ tằ amắrăntă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντου toû amărắntou |
τοῖν ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντοιν toîn amărắntoin |
τῶν ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντων tôn amărắntōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντῳ tōî amărắntōi |
τοῖν ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντοιν toîn amărắntoin |
τοῖς ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντοις toîs amărắntois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον tò amắrănton |
τὼ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντω tṑ amărắntō |
τᾰ̀ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντᾰ tằ amắrăntă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον amắrănton |
ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντω amărắntō |
ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντᾰ amắrăntă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀμαράντινος (amarántinos)
Further reading
- “ἀμάραντον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀμάραντον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμάραντον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)