ὑοσκύαμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὗς (hûs, “swine”) + κύαμος (kúamos, “bean”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.os.ký.a.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.osˈky.a.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.osˈcy.a.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.osˈcy.a.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.osˈci.a.mos/
Noun
ὑοσκύᾰμος • (huoskúamos) m (genitive ὑοσκυᾰ́μου); second declension
- henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ὑοσκῠ́ᾰμος; τοῦ ὑοσκῠᾰ́μου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ὑοσκῠ́ᾰμος ho huoskúamos | τὼ ὑοσκῠᾰ́μω tṑ huoskuámō | οἱ ὑοσκῠ́ᾰμοι hoi huoskúamoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὑοσκῠᾰ́μου toû huoskuámou | τοῖν ὑοσκῠᾰ́μοιν toîn huoskuámoin | τῶν ὑοσκῠᾰ́μων tôn huoskuámōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὑοσκῠᾰ́μῳ tôi huoskuámōi | τοῖν ὑοσκῠᾰ́μοιν toîn huoskuámoin | τοῖς ὑοσκῠᾰ́μοις toîs huoskuámois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ὑοσκῠ́ᾰμον tòn huoskúamon | τὼ ὑοσκῠᾰ́μω tṑ huoskuámō | τοὺς ὑοσκῠᾰ́μους toùs huoskuámous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὑοσκῠ́ᾰμε huoskúame | ὑοσκῠᾰ́μω huoskuámō | ὑοσκῠ́ᾰμοι huoskúamoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὑοσκυαμάω (huoskuamáō)
- ὑοσκυάμινος (huoskuáminos)
Descendants
- → Latin: hyoscyamus
- → French: jusquiame
- → Italian: giusquiamo
- → Translingual: Hyoscyamus
Further reading
- “ὑοσκύαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑοσκύαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette