ὀρόντιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Strömberg from Ὀρόντης (Oróntēs) +‎ -ιον (-ion). Furnée refers to Gams, who connects it with ἄρον (áron, “arum”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.rón.ti.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈron.ti.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈron.ti.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈron.ti.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈron.di.on/

Noun

ὀρόντῐον • (oróntĭon) n (genitive ὀροντῐ́ου); second declension

cuckoopint (Arum maculatum), a remedy for jaundice

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὀρόντῐον; τοῦ ὀροντῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὀρόντῐον tò oróntĭon	τὼ ὀροντῐ́ω tṑ orontĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ὀρόντῐᾰ tằ oróntĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ὀροντῐ́ου toû orontĭ́ou	τοῖν ὀροντῐ́οιν toîn orontĭ́oin	τῶν ὀροντῐ́ων tôn orontĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ὀροντῐ́ῳ tōî orontĭ́ōi	τοῖν ὀροντῐ́οιν toîn orontĭ́oin	τοῖς ὀροντῐ́οις toîs orontĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ὀρόντῐον tò oróntĭon	τὼ ὀροντῐ́ω tṑ orontĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ὀρόντῐᾰ tằ oróntĭă
Vocative	ὀρόντῐον oróntĭon	ὀροντῐ́ω orontĭ́ō	ὀρόντῐᾰ oróntĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Translingual: Orontium