ὀνόπορδον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄνος (ónos, “donkey”) + the root of πέρδομαι (pérdomai, “to fart”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.nó.por.don/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈno.por.don/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈno.por.ðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈno.por.ðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈno.por.ðon/
Noun
ὀνόπορδον • (onópordon) n (genitive ὀνοπόρδου); second declension
- cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
- Synonym: ἀκάνθιον (akánthion)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὀνόπορδον tò onópordon |
τὼ ὀνοπόρδω tṑ onopórdō |
τᾰ̀ ὀνόπορδᾰ tằ onópordă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀνοπόρδου toû onopórdou |
τοῖν ὀνοπόρδοιν toîn onopórdoin |
τῶν ὀνοπόρδων tôn onopórdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀνοπόρδῳ tōî onopórdōi |
τοῖν ὀνοπόρδοιν toîn onopórdoin |
τοῖς ὀνοπόρδοις toîs onopórdois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὀνόπορδον tò onópordon |
τὼ ὀνοπόρδω tṑ onopórdō |
τᾰ̀ ὀνόπορδᾰ tằ onópordă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀνόπορδον onópordon |
ὀνοπόρδω onopórdō |
ὀνόπορδᾰ onópordă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Onopordum
Further reading
- “ὀνόπορδον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀνόπορδον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette