ἀμπελόπρασον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”) + πράσον (práson, “leek”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.pe.ló.pra.son/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /am.peˈlo.pra.son/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /am.peˈlo.pra.son/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /am.peˈlo.pra.son/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /am.beˈlo.pra.son/
Noun
ἀμπελόπρᾰσον • (ampelóprăson) n (genitive ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σου); second declension
- wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum)
- Synonym: ἀμακρῶτις (amakrôtis)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἀμπελόπρᾰσον tò ampelóprăson |
τὼ ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σω tṑ ampeloprắsō |
τᾰ̀ ἀμπελόπρᾰσᾰ tằ ampelóprăsă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σου toû ampeloprắsou |
τοῖν ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σοιν toîn ampeloprắsoin |
τῶν ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σων tôn ampeloprắsōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σῳ tōî ampeloprắsōi |
τοῖν ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σοιν toîn ampeloprắsoin |
τοῖς ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σοις toîs ampeloprắsois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἀμπελόπρᾰσον tò ampelóprăson |
τὼ ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σω tṑ ampeloprắsō |
τᾰ̀ ἀμπελόπρᾰσᾰ tằ ampelóprăsă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀμπελόπρᾰσον ampelóprăson |
ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σω ampeloprắsō |
ἀμπελόπρᾰσᾰ ampelóprăsă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: ampeloprasum
Further reading
- “ἀμπελόπρασον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀμπελόπρασον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμπελόπρασον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)