παρθένιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παρθένος (parthénos, “virgin”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /par.tʰé.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /parˈtʰe.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /parˈθe.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /parˈθe.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /parˈθe.ni.on/
Noun
παρθένῐον • (parthénion) n (genitive παρθενῐ́ου); second declension
- feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ παρθένῐον; τοῦ παρθενῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ παρθένῐον tò parthénion | τὼ παρθενῐ́ω tṑ partheníō | τᾰ̀ παρθένῐᾰ tà parthénia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ παρθενῐ́ου toû partheníou | τοῖν παρθενῐ́οιν toîn partheníoin | τῶν παρθενῐ́ων tôn partheníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ παρθενῐ́ῳ tôi partheníōi | τοῖν παρθενῐ́οιν toîn partheníoin | τοῖς παρθενῐ́οις toîs partheníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ παρθένῐον tò parthénion | τὼ παρθενῐ́ω tṑ partheníō | τᾰ̀ παρθένῐᾰ tà parthénia | ||||||||||
Vocative | παρθένῐον parthénion | παρθενῐ́ω partheníō | παρθένῐᾰ parthénia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: parthenium
- → Italian: partenio
- → Translingual: Parthenium
Further reading
- “παρθένιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- παρθένιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette