ὀροβάγχη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • (Hesychius) ὀροβάκχη (orobákkhē)

Etymology

From ὄροβος (órobos, “bitter vetch”) +‎ ἄγχω (ánkhō, “I strangle”) +‎ -η (-ē, suffix forming action nouns).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀροβάγχη • (orobánkhē) f (genitive ὀροβάγχης); first declension

  1. greater dodder (Cuscuta europaea)
  2. A broomrape, perhaps bean broomrape (Orobanche crenata)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀροβάγχη; τῆς ὀροβάγχης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὀροβάγχη
hē orobánkhē 		τὼ ὀροβάγχᾱ
tṑ orobánkhā 		αἱ ὀροβάγχαι
hai orobánkhai
Genitive τῆς ὀροβάγχης
tês orobánkhēs 		τοῖν ὀροβάγχαιν
toîn orobánkhain 		τῶν ὀροβαγχῶν
tôn orobankhôn
Dative τῇ ὀροβάγχῃ
tēî orobánkhēi 		τοῖν ὀροβάγχαιν
toîn orobánkhain 		ταῖς ὀροβάγχαις
taîs orobánkhais
Accusative τὴν ὀροβάγχην
tḕn orobánkhēn 		τὼ ὀροβάγχᾱ
tṑ orobánkhā 		τᾱ̀ς ὀροβάγχᾱς
tā̀s orobánkhās
Vocative ὀροβάγχη
orobánkhē 		ὀροβάγχᾱ
orobánkhā 		ὀροβάγχαι
orobánkhai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: orobanchē

Further reading

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