γεράνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γέρανος (géranos, “crane”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡe.rá.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡeˈra.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝeˈra.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝeˈra.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝeˈra.ni.on/
Noun
γερᾰ́νῐον • (geránion) n (genitive γερᾰνῐ́ου); second declension
- cranesbill (Geranium tuberosum)
- storksbill (Erodium malacoides)
- kind of whitening substance used in alchemy
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ γερᾰ́νῐον; τοῦ γερᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ γερᾰ́νῐον tò geránion | τὼ γερᾰνῐ́ω tṑ geraníō | τᾰ̀ γερᾰ́νῐᾰ tà geránia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γερᾰνῐ́ου toû geraníou | τοῖν γερᾰνῐ́οιν toîn geraníoin | τῶν γερᾰνῐ́ων tôn geraníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γερᾰνῐ́ῳ tôi geraníōi | τοῖν γερᾰνῐ́οιν toîn geraníoin | τοῖς γερᾰνῐ́οις toîs geraníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ γερᾰ́νῐον tò geránion | τὼ γερᾰνῐ́ω tṑ geraníō | τᾰ̀ γερᾰ́νῐᾰ tà geránia | ||||||||||
Vocative | γερᾰ́νῐον geránion | γερᾰνῐ́ω geraníō | γερᾰ́νῐᾰ geránia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Geranium
Further reading
- “γεράνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γεράνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γεράνιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)