ῥοδόδενδρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥o.dó.den.dron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /roˈdo.den.dron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /roˈðo.ðen.dron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /roˈðo.ðen.dron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /roˈðo.ðen.dron/
Noun
ῥοδόδενδρον • (rhodódendron) n (genitive ῥοδοδένδρου); second declension
- rosebay, oleander (Nerium oleander)
- Synonyms: νήριον (nḗrion), ῥοδοδάφνη (rhododáphnē)
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ῥοδόδενδρον; τοῦ ῥοδοδένδρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ῥοδόδενδρον tò rhodódendron | τὼ ῥοδοδένδρω tṑ rhododéndrō | τᾰ̀ ῥοδόδενδρᾰ tà rhodódendra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῥοδοδένδρου toû rhododéndrou | τοῖν ῥοδοδένδροιν toîn rhododéndroin | τῶν ῥοδοδένδρων tôn rhododéndrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῥοδοδένδρῳ tôi rhododéndrōi | τοῖν ῥοδοδένδροιν toîn rhododéndroin | τοῖς ῥοδοδένδροις toîs rhododéndrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ῥοδόδενδρον tò rhodódendron | τὼ ῥοδοδένδρω tṑ rhododéndrō | τᾰ̀ ῥοδόδενδρᾰ tà rhodódendra | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῥοδόδενδρον rhodódendron | ῥοδοδένδρω rhododéndrō | ῥοδόδενδρᾰ rhodódendra | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: rhododendron
- → Translingual: Rhododendron
Further reading
- “ῥοδόδενδρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ῥοδόδενδρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette