ἐρυσίσκηπτρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐρεύθω (ereúthō, “make red”) + σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, baton, sceptre”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ry.sís.kɛːp.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.ryˈsis.ke̝p.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.ryˈsis.cip.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ryˈsis.cip.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.riˈsis.cip.tron/
Noun
ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρον • (erŭsĭ́skēptron) n (genitive ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρου); second declension
- camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum)
- Synonym: ἀσπᾰ́λᾰθος (aspắlăthos)
- winter thorn (Faidherbia albida)
- Synonym: ἄκᾰνθᾰ λευκή (ákănthă leukḗ)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρον tò erŭsĭ́skēptron |
τὼ ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρω tṑ erŭsĭskḗptrō |
τᾰ̀ ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρᾰ tằ erŭsĭ́skēptră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρου toû erŭsĭskḗptrou |
τοῖν ἐρῠσῐσκήπτροιν toîn erŭsĭskḗptroin |
τῶν ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρων tôn erŭsĭskḗptrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρῳ tōî erŭsĭskḗptrōi |
τοῖν ἐρῠσῐσκήπτροιν toîn erŭsĭskḗptroin |
τοῖς ἐρῠσῐσκήπτροις toîs erŭsĭskḗptrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρον tò erŭsĭ́skēptron |
τὼ ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρω tṑ erŭsĭskḗptrō |
τᾰ̀ ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρᾰ tằ erŭsĭ́skēptră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρον erŭsĭ́skēptron |
ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρω erŭsĭskḗptrō |
ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρᾰ erŭsĭ́skēptră | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: erysiscēptrum
Further reading
- “ἐρυσίσκηπτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐρυσίσκηπτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette