κυκλάμινος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κῠκλᾰμίς (kuklamís)

Etymology

From κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, ring”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.klá.miː.nos/ → /cyˈkla.mi.nos/ → /ciˈkla.mi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.klá.miː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈkla.mi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈkla.mi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈkla.mi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈkla.mi.nos/

Noun

κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος • (kuklámīnos) f or m (genitive κῠκλᾰμῑ́νου); second declension

1. Cyclamen graecum
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 5.123
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 2.164
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 7.9.4
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 9.9.3
   • Orph., A. 917

Declension

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος; τοῦ, τῆς κῠκλᾰμῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος ho, hē kuklámīnos	τὼ κῠκλᾰμῑ́νω tṑ kuklamī́nō	οἱ, αἱ κῠκλᾰ́μῑνοι hoi, hai kuklámīnoi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς κῠκλᾰμῑ́νου toû, tês kuklamī́nou	τοῖν κῠκλᾰμῑ́νοιν toîn kuklamī́noin	τῶν κῠκλᾰμῑ́νων tôn kuklamī́nōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ κῠκλᾰμῑ́νῳ tôi, têi kuklamī́nōi	τοῖν κῠκλᾰμῑ́νοιν toîn kuklamī́noin	τοῖς, ταῖς κῠκλᾰμῑ́νοις toîs, taîs kuklamī́nois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν κῠκλᾰ́μῑνον tòn, tḕn kuklámīnon	τὼ κῠκλᾰμῑ́νω tṑ kuklamī́nō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κῠκλᾰμῑ́νους toùs, tā̀s kuklamī́nous
Vocative	κῠκλᾰ́μῑνε kuklámīne	κῠκλᾰμῑ́νω kuklamī́nō	κῠκλᾰ́μῑνοι kuklámīnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος ἑτέρᾱ (kuklámīnos hetérā)

Descendants

• → Latin: cyclamīnos (see there for further descendants)

References

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