ἐπιμήδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ μήδιον (mḗdion, “kind of bellflower”), because of the parasitic nature of this plant.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐπῐμήδῐον • (epĭmḗdĭon) n (genitive ἐπῐμηδῐ́ου); second declension

  1. unidentified plant, perhaps Epimedium alpinum

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐπῐμήδῐον; τοῦ ἐπῐμηδῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἐπῐμήδῐον
tò epĭmḗdĭon 		τὼ ἐπῐμηδῐ́ω
tṑ epĭmēdĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἐπῐμήδῐᾰ
tằ epĭmḗdĭă
Genitive τοῦ ἐπῐμηδῐ́ου
toû epĭmēdĭ́ou 		τοῖν ἐπῐμηδῐ́οιν
toîn epĭmēdĭ́oin 		τῶν ἐπῐμηδῐ́ων
tôn epĭmēdĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ἐπῐμηδῐ́ῳ
tōî epĭmēdĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ἐπῐμηδῐ́οιν
toîn epĭmēdĭ́oin 		τοῖς ἐπῐμηδῐ́οις
toîs epĭmēdĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ἐπῐμήδῐον
tò epĭmḗdĭon 		τὼ ἐπῐμηδῐ́ω
tṑ epĭmēdĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἐπῐμήδῐᾰ
tằ epĭmḗdĭă
Vocative ἐπῐμήδῐον
epĭmḗdĭon 		ἐπῐμηδῐ́ω
epĭmēdĭ́ō 		ἐπῐμήδῐᾰ
epĭmḗdĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Epimedium

Further reading

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