ὀνοκάρδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄνος (ónos, “ass, donkey”) +‎ κάρδος (kárdos, “cardoon”, diminutive suffix) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.no.kár.di.on/ → /o.noˈkar.ði.on/ → /o.noˈkar.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.no.kár.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.noˈkar.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.noˈkar.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.noˈkar.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.noˈkar.ði.on/

Noun

ὀνοκᾰ́ρδῐον • (onokárdion) n (genitive ὀνοκᾰρδῐ́ου); second declension

1. teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)

   Synonym: δῐ́ψᾰκος (dípsakos)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὀνοκᾰ́ρδῐον; τοῦ ὀνοκᾰρδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὀνοκᾰ́ρδῐον tò onokárdion	τὼ ὀνοκᾰρδῐ́ω tṑ onokardíō	τᾰ̀ ὀνοκᾰ́ρδῐᾰ tà onokárdia
Genitive	τοῦ ὀνοκᾰρδῐ́ου toû onokardíou	τοῖν ὀνοκᾰρδῐ́οιν toîn onokardíoin	τῶν ὀνοκᾰρδῐ́ων tôn onokardíōn
Dative	τῷ ὀνοκᾰρδῐ́ῳ tôi onokardíōi	τοῖν ὀνοκᾰρδῐ́οιν toîn onokardíoin	τοῖς ὀνοκᾰρδῐ́οις toîs onokardíois
Accusative	τὸ ὀνοκᾰ́ρδῐον tò onokárdion	τὼ ὀνοκᾰρδῐ́ω tṑ onokardíō	τᾰ̀ ὀνοκᾰ́ρδῐᾰ tà onokárdia
Vocative	ὀνοκᾰ́ρδῐον onokárdion	ὀνοκᾰρδῐ́ω onokardíō	ὀνοκᾰ́ρδῐᾰ onokárdia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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