κολχικόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of Κολχικός (Kolkhikós, “Colchian”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kol.kʰi.kón/ → /kol.çiˈkon/ → /kol.çiˈkon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kol.kʰi.kón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kol.kʰiˈkon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kol.çiˈkon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kol.çiˈkon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kol.çiˈkon/

Noun

κολχῐκόν • (kolkhikón) n (genitive κολχῐκοῦ); second declension

1. autumn crocus (Colchicum speciosum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κολχῐκόν; τοῦ κολχῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κολχῐκόν tò kolkhikón	τὼ κολχῐκώ tṑ kolkhikṓ	τᾰ̀ κολχῐκᾰ́ tà kolkhiká
Genitive	τοῦ κολχῐκοῦ toû kolkhikoû	τοῖν κολχῐκοῖν toîn kolkhikoîn	τῶν κολχῐκῶν tôn kolkhikôn
Dative	τῷ κολχῐκῷ tôi kolkhikôi	τοῖν κολχῐκοῖν toîn kolkhikoîn	τοῖς κολχῐκοῖς toîs kolkhikoîs
Accusative	τὸ κολχῐκόν tò kolkhikón	τὼ κολχῐκώ tṑ kolkhikṓ	τᾰ̀ κολχῐκᾰ́ tà kolkhiká
Vocative	κολχῐκόν kolkhikón	κολχῐκώ kolkhikṓ	κολχῐκᾰ́ kolkhiká
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: colchicum
  • → Translingual: Colchicum

Further reading

• “κολχικόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κολχικόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette