ἑρμοδάκτυλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ἑρμῆς (Hermês, “Hermes”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /her.mo.dák.ty.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)er.moˈdak.ty.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /er.moˈðak.ty.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /er.moˈðak.ty.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /er.moˈðak.ti.lon/
Noun
ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλον • (hermodắktŭlon) n (genitive ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λου); second declension
- autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale)
- another kind of colchicum (Colchicum luteum)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλον tò hermodắktŭlon |
τὼ ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λω tṑ hermodăktŭ́lō |
τᾰ̀ ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ tằ hermodắktŭlă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λου toû hermodăktŭ́lou |
τοῖν ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λοιν toîn hermodăktŭ́loin |
τῶν ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λων tôn hermodăktŭ́lōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λῳ tōî hermodăktŭ́lōi |
τοῖν ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λοιν toîn hermodăktŭ́loin |
τοῖς ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λοις toîs hermodăktŭ́lois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλον tò hermodắktŭlon |
τὼ ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λω tṑ hermodăktŭ́lō |
τᾰ̀ ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ tằ hermodắktŭlă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλον hermodắktŭlon |
ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λω hermodăktŭ́lō |
ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ hermodắktŭlă | ||||||||||
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References
- “Ἑρμοδάκτυλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἑρμοδάκτυλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette