μελάνθιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέλας (mélas, “black”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.lán.tʰi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈlan.tʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈlan.θi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈlan.θi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈlan.θi.on/
Noun
μελᾰ́νθῐον • (melánthion) n (genitive μελᾰνθῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μελᾰ́νθῐον tò melánthion |
τὼ μελᾰνθῐ́ω tṑ melanthíō |
τᾰ̀ μελᾰ́νθῐᾰ tà melánthia | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μελᾰνθῐ́ου toû melanthíou |
τοῖν μελᾰνθῐ́οιν toîn melanthíoin |
τῶν μελᾰνθῐ́ων tôn melanthíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μελᾰνθῐ́ῳ tôi melanthíōi |
τοῖν μελᾰνθῐ́οιν toîn melanthíoin |
τοῖς μελᾰνθῐ́οις toîs melanthíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μελᾰ́νθῐον tò melánthion |
τὼ μελᾰνθῐ́ω tṑ melanthíō |
τᾰ̀ μελᾰ́νθῐᾰ tà melánthia | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μελᾰ́νθῐον melánthion |
μελᾰνθῐ́ω melanthíō |
μελᾰ́νθῐᾰ melánthia | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μελάνθινος (melánthinos)
Further reading
- “μελάνθιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μελάνθιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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