φρένιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰré.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰre.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸre.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfre.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfre.ni.on/
Noun
φρένῐον • (phrénion) n (genitive φρενῐ́ου); second declension
- poppy anemone (Anemone coronaria)
- Synonym: ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ φρένῐον; τοῦ φρενῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ φρένῐον tò phrénion | τὼ φρενῐ́ω tṑ phreníō | τᾰ̀ φρένῐᾰ tà phrénia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φρενῐ́ου toû phreníou | τοῖν φρενῐ́οιν toîn phreníoin | τῶν φρενῐ́ων tôn phreníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φρενῐ́ῳ tôi phreníōi | τοῖν φρενῐ́οιν toîn phreníoin | τοῖς φρενῐ́οις toîs phreníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ φρένῐον tò phrénion | τὼ φρενῐ́ω tṑ phreníō | τᾰ̀ φρένῐᾰ tà phrénia | ||||||||||
Vocative | φρένῐον phrénion | φρενῐ́ω phreníō | φρένῐᾰ phrénia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: phrenion
Further reading
- “φρένιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press