πεντάφυλλον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πεντέφυλλον (pentéphullon)
Etymology
From πέντε (pénte, “five”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pen.tá.pʰyl.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /penˈta.pʰyl.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /penˈta.ɸyl.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /penˈta.fyl.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /penˈda.fi.lon/
Noun
πεντᾰ́φῠλλον • (pentáphullon) n (genitive πεντᾰφῠ́λλου); second declension
- creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)
- Synonyms: κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον (kallipétalon), ψευδοσέλῑνον (pseudosélīnon)
Declension
Second declension of τὸ πεντᾰ́φῠλλον; τοῦ πεντᾰφῠ́λλου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πεντᾰ́φῠλλον tò pentáphullon | τὼ πεντᾰφῠ́λλω tṑ pentaphúllō | τᾰ̀ πεντᾰ́φῠλλᾰ tà pentáphulla | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πεντᾰφῠ́λλου toû pentaphúllou | τοῖν πεντᾰφῠ́λλοιν toîn pentaphúlloin | τῶν πεντᾰφῠ́λλων tôn pentaphúllōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πεντᾰφῠ́λλῳ tôi pentaphúllōi | τοῖν πεντᾰφῠ́λλοιν toîn pentaphúlloin | τοῖς πεντᾰφῠ́λλοις toîs pentaphúllois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πεντᾰ́φῠλλον tò pentáphullon | τὼ πεντᾰφῠ́λλω tṑ pentaphúllō | τᾰ̀ πεντᾰ́φῠλλᾰ tà pentáphulla | ||||||||||
Vocative | πεντᾰ́φῠλλον pentáphullon | πεντᾰφῠ́λλω pentaphúllō | πεντᾰ́φῠλλᾰ pentáphulla | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πεντάφυλλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πεντάφυλλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette