καλλιπέταλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From καλλι- (kalli-, “beautiful”) + πέταλον (pétalon, “petal”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kal.li.pé.ta.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kal.liˈpe.ta.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kal.liˈpe.ta.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kal.liˈpe.ta.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.liˈpe.ta.lon/
Noun
κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον • (kallipétalon) n (genitive κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λου); second declension
- creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)
- Synonyms: πεντᾰ́φῠλλον (pentáphullon), ψευδοσέλῑνον (pseudosélīnon)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον; τοῦ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον tò kallipétalon | τὼ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λω tṑ kallipetálō | τᾰ̀ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλᾰ tà kallipétala | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λου toû kallipetálou | τοῖν κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λοιν toîn kallipetáloin | τῶν κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λων tôn kallipetálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λῳ tôi kallipetálōi | τοῖν κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λοιν toîn kallipetáloin | τοῖς κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λοις toîs kallipetálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον tò kallipétalon | τὼ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λω tṑ kallipetálō | τᾰ̀ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλᾰ tà kallipétala | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον kallipétalon | κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λω kallipetálō | κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλᾰ kallipétala | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: callipetalon
Further reading
- “καλλιπέταλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- καλλιπέταλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette