μυάκανθος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) + ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “thorn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /my.á.kan.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /myˈa.kan.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /myˈa.kan.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /myˈa.kan.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈa.kan.θos/
Noun
μῠᾰ́κᾰνθος • (muákanthos) m (genitive μῠᾰκᾰ́νθου); second declension
- butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)
- Synonym: κεντρομυρσίνη (kentromursínē)
- wild asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius)
Declension
Second declension of ὁ μῠᾰ́κᾰνθος; τοῦ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μῠᾰ́κᾰνθος ho muákanthos | τὼ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθω tṑ muakánthō | οἱ μῠᾰ́κᾰνθοι hoi muákanthoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθου toû muakánthou | τοῖν μῠᾰκᾰ́νθοιν toîn muakánthoin | τῶν μῠᾰκᾰ́νθων tôn muakánthōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθῳ tôi muakánthōi | μῠᾰκᾰ́νθοιν muakánthoin | τοῖς μῠᾰκᾰ́νθοις toîs muakánthois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μῠᾰ́κᾰνθον tòn muákanthon | μῠᾰκᾰ́νθω muakánthō | τοὺς μῠᾰκᾰ́νθους toùs muakánthous | ||||||||||
Vocative | μῠᾰ́κᾰνθε muákanthe | μῠᾰκᾰ́νθω muakánthō | μῠᾰ́κᾰνθοι muákanthoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μυακάνθινος (muakánthinos)
References
- μυάκανθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μυάκανθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette