μαχαιρόφυλλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μάχαιρα (mákhaira, “knife”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.kʰai̯.ró.pʰyl.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.kʰɛˈro.pʰyl.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.çɛˈro.ɸyl.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.çeˈro.fyl.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.çeˈro.fi.lon/
Noun
μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον • (makhairóphullon) n (genitive μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου); second declension
- gladiolus (plant of the genus Gladiolus)
- Synonyms: ἀνᾰκτόρῐον (anaktórion), ξῐ́φῐον (xíphion)
Declension
Second declension of τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον; τοῦ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον tò makhairóphullon | τὼ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω tṑ makhairophúllō | τᾰ̀ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ tà makhairóphulla | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου toû makhairophúllou | τοῖν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοιν toîn makhairophúlloin | τῶν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλων tôn makhairophúllōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλῳ tôi makhairophúllōi | τοῖν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοιν toîn makhairophúlloin | τοῖς μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοις toîs makhairophúllois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον tò makhairóphullon | τὼ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω tṑ makhairophúllō | τᾰ̀ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ tà makhairóphulla | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον makhairóphullon | μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω makhairophúllō | μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ makhairóphulla | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μαχαιρόφυλλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press