ἱεροβοτάνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + βοτάνη (botánē, “grass, herb, fodder”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.e.ro.bo.tá.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)i.e.ro.boˈta.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.e.ro.βoˈta.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.e.ro.voˈta.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.e.ro.voˈta.ni/
Noun
ἱεροβοτᾰ́νη • (hierobotắnē) f (genitive ἱεροβοτᾰ́νης); first declension
- vervain (Verbena officinalis)
- Synonym: περιστέριον (peristérion)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἱεροβοτᾰ́νη hē hierobotắnē |
τὼ ἱεροβοτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ hierobotắnā |
αἱ ἱεροβοτᾰ́ναι hai hierobotắnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἱεροβοτᾰ́νης tês hierobotắnēs |
τοῖν ἱεροβοτᾰ́ναιν toîn hierobotắnain |
τῶν ἱεροβοτᾰνῶν tôn hierobotănôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἱεροβοτᾰ́νῃ tēî hierobotắnēi |
τοῖν ἱεροβοτᾰ́ναιν toîn hierobotắnain |
ταῖς ἱεροβοτᾰ́ναις taîs hierobotắnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἱεροβοτᾰ́νην tḕn hierobotắnēn |
τὼ ἱεροβοτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ hierobotắnā |
τᾱ̀ς ἱεροβοτᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s hierobotắnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἱεροβοτᾰ́νη hierobotắnē |
ἱεροβοτᾰ́νᾱ hierobotắnā |
ἱεροβοτᾰ́ναι hierobotắnai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἱεροβοτάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱεροβοτάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette