ἱεράκιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἱέραξ (hiérax, “hawk”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.e.rǎː.ki.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)i.eˈra.ki.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.eˈra.ci.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.eˈra.ci.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.eˈra.ci.on/
Noun
ἱερᾱ́κῐον • (hierā́kion) n (genitive ἱερᾱκῐ́ου); second declension
- prickly goldenfleece, false hawkbit (Urospermum picroides)
- kind of composite, Hymenonema graecum
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἱερᾱ́κῐον; τοῦ ἱερᾱκῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἱερᾱ́κῐον tò hierā́kion | τὼ ἱερᾱκῐ́ω tṑ hierākíō | τᾰ̀ ἱερᾱ́κῐᾰ tà hierā́kia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἱερᾱκῐ́ου toû hierākíou | τοῖν ἱερᾱκῐ́οιν toîn hierākíoin | τῶν ἱερᾱκῐ́ων tôn hierākíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἱερᾱκῐ́ῳ tôi hierākíōi | τοῖν ἱερᾱκῐ́οιν toîn hierākíoin | τοῖς ἱερᾱκῐ́οις toîs hierākíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἱερᾱ́κῐον tò hierā́kion | τὼ ἱερᾱκῐ́ω tṑ hierākíō | τᾰ̀ ἱερᾱ́κῐᾰ tà hierā́kia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἱερᾱ́κῐον hierā́kion | ἱερᾱκῐ́ω hierākíō | ἱερᾱ́κῐᾰ hierā́kia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: γεράκι (geráki)
- → Translingual: Hieracium
Further reading
- “ἱεράκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱεράκιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette