μηκώνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.kɔ̌ː.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝ˈko.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /miˈko.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /miˈko.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈko.ni.on/
Noun
μηκώνῐον • (mēkṓnion) n (genitive μηκώνῐ́ου); second declension
- opium
- meconium, discharge from the bowels of new-born children
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ μηκώνῐον; τοῦ μηκωνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μηκώνῐον tò mēkṓnion | τὼ μηκωνῐ́ω tṑ mēkōníō | τᾰ̀ μηκώνῐᾰ tà mēkṓnia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μηκωνῐ́ου toû mēkōníou | τοῖν μηκωνῐ́οιν toîn mēkōníoin | τῶν μηκωνῐ́ων tôn mēkōníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μηκωνῐ́ῳ tôi mēkōníōi | τοῖν μηκωνῐ́οιν toîn mēkōníoin | τοῖς μηκωνῐ́οις toîs mēkōníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μηκώνῐον tò mēkṓnion | τὼ μηκωνῐ́ω tṑ mēkōníō | τᾰ̀ μηκώνῐᾰ tà mēkṓnia | ||||||||||
Vocative | μηκώνῐον mēkṓnion | μηκωνῐ́ω mēkōníō | μηκώνῐᾰ mēkṓnia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: mēcōnium
Further reading
- “μηκώνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μηκώνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette