ἀμάραντον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neutral form of ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading, immortal”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.má.ran.ton/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈma.ran.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈma.ran.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈma.ran.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈma.ran.don/
Noun
ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον • (amáranton) n (genitive ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντου); second declension
- everlasting (Helichrysum orientale)
- Synonyms: ἑλίχρυσον (helíkhruson), χρυσοκόμη (khrusokómē)
- centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον; τοῦ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον tò amáranton | τὼ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντω tṑ amarántō | τᾰ̀ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντᾰ tà amáranta | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντου toû amarántou | τοῖν ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντοιν toîn amarántoin | τῶν ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντων tôn amarántōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντῳ tôi amarántōi | τοῖν ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντοιν toîn amarántoin | τοῖς ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντοις toîs amarántois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον tò amáranton | τὼ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντω tṑ amarántō | τᾰ̀ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντᾰ tà amáranta | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον amáranton | ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντω amarántō | ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντᾰ amáranta | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀμαράντινος (amarántinos)
Further reading
- ἀμάραντον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀμάραντον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμάραντον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)