ἀλεξιφάρμακον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter form of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος (alexiphármakos, “acting as antidote”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.lek.si.pʰár.ma.kon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.lek.siˈpʰar.ma.kon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.lek.siˈɸar.ma.kon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.lek.siˈfar.ma.kon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.lek.siˈfar.ma.kon/
Noun
ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον • (alexiphármakon) n (genitive ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κου); second declension
- (medicine) antidote
- Synonyms: ἀλκτήρῐον (alktḗrion), ἀντῐ́δοτος (antídotos), θηρῐᾰκή (thēriakḗ)
- charm, spell
- (in general) remedy
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον; τοῦ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον tò alexiphármakon | τὼ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κω tṑ alexipharmákō | τᾰ̀ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκᾰ tà alexiphármaka | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κου toû alexipharmákou | τοῖν ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κοιν toîn alexipharmákoin | τῶν ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κων tôn alexipharmákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κῳ tôi alexipharmákōi | τοῖν ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κοιν toîn alexipharmákoin | τοῖς ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κοις toîs alexipharmákois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον tò alexiphármakon | τὼ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κω tṑ alexipharmákō | τᾰ̀ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκᾰ tà alexiphármaka | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον alexiphármakon | ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κω alexipharmákō | ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκᾰ alexiphármaka | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀλεξιφάρμακον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀλεξιφάρμακον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλεξιφάρμακον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)