ψύλλιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psýl.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsyl.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsyl.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsyl.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.li.on/
Noun
ψῠ́λλῐον • (psúllion) n (genitive ψῠλλῐ́ου); second declension
- fleawort (Plantago psyllium)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον; τοῦ ψῠλλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον tò psúllion | τὼ ψῠλλῐ́ω tṑ psullíō | τᾰ̀ ψῠ́λλῐᾰ tà psúllia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψῠλλῐ́ου toû psullíou | τοῖν ψῠλλῐ́οιν toîn psullíoin | τῶν ψῠλλῐ́ων tôn psullíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψῠλλῐ́ῳ tôi psullíōi | τοῖν ψῠλλῐ́οιν toîn psullíoin | τοῖς ψῠλλῐ́οις toîs psullíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον tò psúllion | τὼ ψῠλλῐ́ω tṑ psullíō | τᾰ̀ ψῠ́λλῐᾰ tà psúllia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψῠ́λλῐον psúllion | ψῠλλῐ́ω psullíō | ψῠ́λλῐᾰ psúllia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: psyllium
Further reading
- ψύλλιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψύλλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette