ὑπέρεικος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ὑπερικόν (huperikón)

Etymology

From ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-, “under”) +‎ ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heath”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὑπέρεικος • (hupéreikos) f (genitive ὑπερείκου); second declension

  1. St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
    Synonyms: ἀνδρόσαιμον (andrósaimon), ἄσκυρον (áskuron)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ὑπέρεικος; τῆς ὑπερείκου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὑπέρεικος
hē hupéreikos 		τὼ ὑπερείκω
tṑ hupereíkō 		αἱ ὑπέρεικοι
hai hupéreikoi
Genitive τῆς ὑπερείκου
tês hupereíkou 		τοῖν ὑπερείκοιν
toîn hupereíkoin 		τῶν ὑπερείκων
tôn hupereíkōn
Dative τῇ ὑπερείκῳ
tēî hupereíkōi 		τοῖν ὑπερείκοιν
toîn hupereíkoin 		ταῖς ὑπερείκοις
taîs hupereíkois
Accusative τὴν ὑπέρεικον
tḕn hupéreikon 		τὼ ὑπερείκω
tṑ hupereíkō 		τᾱ̀ς ὑπερείκους
tā̀s hupereíkous
Vocative ὑπέρεικε
hupéreike 		ὑπερείκω
hupereíkō 		ὑπέρεικοι
hupéreikoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: hypericum
  • → Translingual: Hypericum

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