κρόμμυον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κρόμυον (krómuon)

Etymology

A similar word for "onion" and "garlic" is found in Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion, garlic”), Proto-Slavic *čermъša (“ramson”) and Middle Irish crim (“garlic”), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *kermus- (“wild garlic”). The e-vowel of Celtic and Balto-Slavic is also found in the placename Κρεμμυών (Kremmuṓn).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /króm.my.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkrom.my.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkrom.my.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkrom.my.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.mi.on/

Noun

κρόμμῠον • (krómmuon) n (genitive κρομμῠ́ου); second declension

onion (Allium cepa)
(in the plural) onion-market

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κρόμμῠον; τοῦ κρομμῠ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρόμμῠον tò krómmuon	τὼ κρομμῠ́ω tṑ krommúō	τᾰ̀ κρόμμῠᾰ tà krómmua
Genitive	τοῦ κρομμῠ́ου toû krommúou	τοῖν κρομμῠ́οιν toîn krommúoin	τῶν κρομμῠ́ων tôn krommúōn
Dative	τῷ κρομμῠ́ῳ tôi krommúōi	κρομμῠ́οιν krommúoin	τοῖς κρομμῠ́οις toîs krommúois
Accusative	τὸ κρόμμῠον tò krómmuon	κρομμῠ́ω krommúō	τᾰ̀ κρόμμῠᾰ tà krómmua
Vocative	κρόμμῠον krómmuon	κρομμῠ́ω krommúō	κρόμμῠᾰ krómmua
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀγριοκρόμμυον (agriokrómmuon)
κρομμύδιον (krommúdion)
κρομμυογήτειον (krommuogḗteion)
κρομμυοξυρεγμία (krommuoxuregmía)
κρομμυοπώλης (krommuopṓlēs)
κρομμυοπώλιον (krommuopṓlion)
κρομμύφακον (krommúphakon)