σίλφιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably cognate with Latin sirpe.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /síl.pʰi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsil.pʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsil.ɸi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsil.fi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsil.fi.on/
Noun
σίλφῐον • (sílphion) n (genitive σιλφίου); second declension
- laserwort, silphium, silphion
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ σῐ́λφῐον; τοῦ σῐλφῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σῐ́λφῐον tò sílphion | τὼ σῐλφῐ́ω tṑ silphíō | τᾰ̀ σῐ́λφῐᾰ tà sílphia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σῐλφῐ́ου toû silphíou | τοῖν σῐλφῐ́οιν toîn silphíoin | τῶν σῐλφῐ́ων tôn silphíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σῐλφῐ́ῳ tôi silphíōi | τοῖν σῐλφῐ́οιν toîn silphíoin | τοῖς σῐλφῐ́οις toîs silphíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σῐ́λφῐον tò sílphion | τὼ σῐλφῐ́ω tṑ silphíō | τᾰ̀ σῐ́λφῐᾰ tà sílphia | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῐ́λφῐον sílphion | σῐλφῐ́ω silphíō | σῐ́λφῐᾰ sílphia | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- σίλφιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σίλφιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette