ἀκάνθιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kán.tʰi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈkan.tʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈkan.θi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈkan.θi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈkan.θi.on/
Noun
ἀκᾰ́νθῐον • (akánthion) n (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου); second declension
- cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
- Synonym: ὀνόπορδον (onópordon)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἀκᾰ́νθῐον; τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀκᾰ́νθῐον tò akánthion | τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ω tṑ akanthíō | τᾰ̀ ἀκᾰ́νθῐᾰ tà akánthia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου toû akanthíou | τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́οιν toîn akanthíoin | τῶν ἀκᾰνθῐ́ων tôn akanthíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ῳ tôi akanthíōi | ἀκᾰνθῐ́οιν akanthíoin | τοῖς ἀκᾰνθῐ́οις toîs akanthíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀκᾰ́νθῐον tò akánthion | ἀκᾰνθῐ́ω akanthíō | τᾰ̀ ἀκᾰ́νθῐᾰ tà akánthia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀκᾰ́νθῐον akánthion | ἀκᾰνθῐ́ω akanthíō | ἀκᾰ́νθῐᾰ akánthia | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἀκάνθιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκάνθιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκάνθιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)