καρυόφυλλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κάρυον (káruon, “nut”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.ry.ó.pʰyl.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.ryˈo.pʰyl.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.ryˈo.ɸyl.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.ryˈo.fyl.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.riˈo.fi.lon/
Noun
κᾰρῠόφῠλλον • (karuóphullon) n (genitive κᾰρῠοφῠ́λλου); second declension
- clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum)
- its dried flower bud
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κᾰρῠόφῠλλον; τοῦ κᾰρῠοφῠ́λλου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κᾰρῠόφῠλλον tò karuóphullon | τὼ κᾰρῠοφῠ́λλω tṑ karuophúllō | τᾰ̀ κᾰρῠόφῠλλᾰ tà karuóphulla | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κᾰρῠοφῠ́λλου toû karuophúllou | τοῖν κᾰρῠοφῠ́λλοιν toîn karuophúlloin | τῶν κᾰρῠοφῠ́λλων tôn karuophúllōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κᾰρῠοφῠ́λλῳ tôi karuophúllōi | κᾰρῠοφῠ́λλοιν karuophúlloin | τοῖς κᾰρῠοφῠ́λλοις toîs karuophúllois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κᾰρῠόφῠλλον tò karuóphullon | κᾰρῠοφῠ́λλω karuophúllō | τᾰ̀ κᾰρῠόφῠλλᾰ tà karuóphulla | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰρῠόφῠλλον karuóphullon | κᾰρῠοφῠ́λλω karuophúllō | κᾰρῠόφῠλλᾰ karuóphulla | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: caryophyllus
- → Translingual: Caryophyllus
Further reading
- καρυόφυλλον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- καρυόφυλλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette