πολεμώνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Πολέμων (Polémōn) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.le.mɔ̌ː.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
Noun
πολεμώνῐον • (polemṓnion) n (genitive πολεμωνῐ́ου); second declension
- Jacob's ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
- Synonyms: φῐλεταίρῐον (philetaírion), χῑλῐοδῠ́νᾰμῐς (khīliodúnamis)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ πολεμώνῐον; τοῦ πολεμωνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πολεμώνῐον tò polemṓnion | τὼ πολεμωνῐ́ω tṑ polemōníō | τᾰ̀ πολεμώνῐᾰ tà polemṓnia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πολεμωνῐ́ου toû polemōníou | τοῖν πολεμωνῐ́οιν toîn polemōníoin | τῶν πολεμωνῐ́ων tôn polemōníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πολεμωνῐ́ῳ tôi polemōníōi | τοῖν πολεμωνῐ́οιν toîn polemōníoin | τοῖς πολεμωνῐ́οις toîs polemōníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πολεμώνῐον tò polemṓnion | τὼ πολεμωνῐ́ω tṑ polemōníō | τᾰ̀ πολεμώνῐᾰ tà polemṓnia | ||||||||||
Vocative | πολεμώνῐον polemṓnion | πολεμωνῐ́ω polemōníō | πολεμώνῐᾰ polemṓnia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: polemōnia
- → Translingual: Polemonium
- → English: polemonium
Further reading
- “πολεμώνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πολεμώνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette