ἠριγέρων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἦρι (êri, “early in the morning”) + γέρων (gérōn, “old man”), because of its hoary down.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.rɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝.riˈɡe.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.riˈʝe.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.riˈʝe.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.riˈʝe.ron/
Noun
ἠρῐγέρων • (ērĭgérōn) m (genitive ἠρῐγέροντος); third declension
- groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
- Synonym: ἀκανθίς (akanthís)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἠρῐγέρων ho ērĭgérōn |
τὼ ἠρῐγέροντε tṑ ērĭgéronte |
οἱ ἠρῐγέροντες hoi ērĭgérontes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἠρῐγέροντος toû ērĭgérontos |
τοῖν ἠρῐγερόντοιν toîn ērĭgeróntoin |
τῶν ἠρῐγερόντων tôn ērĭgeróntōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἠρῐγέροντῐ tōî ērĭgérontĭ |
τοῖν ἠρῐγερόντοιν toîn ērĭgeróntoin |
τοῖς ἠρῐγέρουσῐ / ἠρῐγέρουσῐν toîs ērĭgérousĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἠρῐγέροντᾰ tòn ērĭgérontă |
τὼ ἠρῐγέροντε tṑ ērĭgéronte |
τοὺς ἠρῐγέροντᾰς toùs ērĭgérontăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἠρῐγέρον ērĭgéron |
ἠρῐγέροντε ērĭgéronte |
ἠρῐγέροντες ērĭgérontes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Erigeron
Further reading
- “ἠριγέρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἠριγέρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette