ἰξίνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἰξός (ixós, “mistletoe”) with a suffix found in other plant names, like βαλσαμίνη (balsamínē) and ἑλλεβορίνη (helleborínē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ik.sǐː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ikˈsi.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ikˈsi.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ikˈsi.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ikˈsi.ni/
Noun
ἰξῑ́νη • (ixī́nē) f (genitive ἰξῑ́νης); first declension
- carline thistle (Carlina gummifera)
- Synonym: ἰξῐ́ᾱ (ixíā)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἰξῑ́νη; τῆς ἰξῑ́νης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἰξῑ́νη hē ixī́nē | τὼ ἰξῑ́νᾱ tṑ ixī́nā | αἱ ἰξῖναι hai ixînai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἰξῑ́νης tês ixī́nēs | τοῖν ἰξῑ́ναιν toîn ixī́nain | τῶν ἰξῑνῶν tôn ixīnôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἰξῑ́νῃ têi ixī́nēi | τοῖν ἰξῑ́ναιν toîn ixī́nain | ταῖς ἰξῑ́ναις taîs ixī́nais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἰξῑ́νην tḕn ixī́nēn | τὼ ἰξῑ́νᾱ tṑ ixī́nā | τᾱ̀ς ἰξῑ́νᾱς tā̀s ixī́nās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἰξῑ́νη ixī́nē | ἰξῑ́νᾱ ixī́nā | ἰξῖναι ixînai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἰξίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἰξίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette