ἔχιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔχις (ékhis, “viper”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), because of the resemblance of the fruit to the head of a snake.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔχῐον • (ékhĭon) n (genitive ἐχῐ́ου); second declension

  1. purple viper's bugloss (Echium plantagineum)
    Synonym: δωρίς (dōrís)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἔχῐον; τοῦ ἐχῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἔχῐον
tò ékhĭon 		τὼ ἐχῐ́ω
tṑ ekhĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἔχῐᾰ
tằ ékhĭă
Genitive τοῦ ἐχῐ́ου
toû ekhĭ́ou 		τοῖν ἐχῐ́οιν
toîn ekhĭ́oin 		τῶν ἐχῐ́ων
tôn ekhĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ἐχῐ́ῳ
tōî ekhĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ἐχῐ́οιν
toîn ekhĭ́oin 		τοῖς ἐχῐ́οις
toîs ekhĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ἔχῐον
tò ékhĭon 		τὼ ἐχῐ́ω
tṑ ekhĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἔχῐᾰ
tằ ékhĭă
Vocative ἔχῐον
ékhĭon 		ἐχῐ́ω
ekhĭ́ō 		ἔχῐᾰ
ékhĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Echium

Further reading

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