κολχικόν
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter form of Κολχικός (Kolkhikós, “Colchian”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kol.kʰi.kón/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kol.kʰiˈkon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kol.çiˈkon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kol.çiˈkon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kol.çiˈkon/
Noun
κολχῐκόν • (kolkhikón) n (genitive κολχῐκοῦ); second declension
- autumn crocus (Colchicum speciosum)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κολχῐκόν; τοῦ κολχῐκοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κολχῐκόν tò kolkhikón | τὼ κολχῐκώ tṑ kolkhikṓ | τᾰ̀ κολχῐκᾰ́ tà kolkhiká | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κολχῐκοῦ toû kolkhikoû | τοῖν κολχῐκοῖν toîn kolkhikoîn | τῶν κολχῐκῶν tôn kolkhikôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κολχῐκῷ tôi kolkhikôi | τοῖν κολχῐκοῖν toîn kolkhikoîn | τοῖς κολχῐκοῖς toîs kolkhikoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κολχῐκόν tò kolkhikón | τὼ κολχῐκώ tṑ kolkhikṓ | τᾰ̀ κολχῐκᾰ́ tà kolkhiká | ||||||||||
Vocative | κολχῐκόν kolkhikón | κολχῐκώ kolkhikṓ | κολχῐκᾰ́ kolkhiká | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: colchicum
- → Translingual: Colchicum
Further reading
- “κολχικόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κολχικόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette