ἀράχιδνα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to ἄρακος (árakos, “a leguminous plant”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀράχιδνα • (arákhidna) f (genitive ἀρᾰχίδνης); first declension

  1. ground pea (Lathyrus amphicarpos)
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 1.1.7
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 1.6.12

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χῐδνᾰ; τῆς ᾰ̓ρᾰχῐ́δνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χῐδνᾰ
hē ărắkhĭdnă 		τὼ ᾰ̓ρᾰχῐ́δνᾱ
tṑ ărăkhĭ́dnā 		αἱ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χῐδναι
hai ărắkhĭdnai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓ρᾰχῐ́δνης
tês ărăkhĭ́dnēs 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ρᾰχῐ́δναιν
toîn ărăkhĭ́dnain 		τῶν ᾰ̓ρᾰχῐδνῶν
tôn ărăkhĭdnôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓ρᾰχῐ́δνῃ
tēî ărăkhĭ́dnēi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ρᾰχῐ́δναιν
toîn ărăkhĭ́dnain 		ταῖς ᾰ̓ρᾰχῐ́δναις
taîs ărăkhĭ́dnais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χῐδνᾰν
tḕn ărắkhĭdnăn 		τὼ ᾰ̓ρᾰχῐ́δνᾱ
tṑ ărăkhĭ́dnā 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρᾰχῐ́δνᾱς
tā̀s ărăkhĭ́dnās
Vocative ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χῐδνᾰ
ărắkhĭdnă 		ᾰ̓ρᾰχῐ́δνᾱ
ărăkhĭ́dnā 		ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χῐδναι
ărắkhĭdnai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀράχιδνα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123

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