μήνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μήν (mḗn, “month”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛ̌ː.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme̝.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni.on/
Noun
μήνῐον • (mḗnion) n (genitive μηνῐ́ου); second declension
- common peony (Paeonia officinalis)
- Synonyms: ᾱ̓γλᾰοφῶτῐς (āglaophôtis), γλαβρήνη (glabrḗnē), γλυκυσίδη (glukusídē), ὀρόβαξ (oróbax)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ μήνῐον; τοῦ μηνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μήνῐον tò mḗnion | τὼ μηνῐ́ω tṑ mēníō | τᾰ̀ μήνῐᾰ tà mḗnia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μηνῐ́ου toû mēníou | τοῖν μηνῐ́οιν toîn mēníoin | τῶν μηνῐ́ων tôn mēníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μηνῐ́ῳ tôi mēníōi | τοῖν μηνῐ́οιν toîn mēníoin | τοῖς μηνῐ́οις toîs mēníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μήνῐον tò mḗnion | τὼ μηνῐ́ω tṑ mēníō | τᾰ̀ μήνῐᾰ tà mḗnia | ||||||||||
Vocative | μήνῐον mḗnion | μηνῐ́ω mēníō | μήνῐᾰ mḗnia | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μήνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μήνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette