βήχιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βήξ (bḗx, “cough”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɛ̌ː.kʰi.on/ → /ˈβi.çi.on/ → /ˈvi.çi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛ̌ː.kʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe̝.kʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβi.çi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.çi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.çi.on/

Noun

βήχῐον • (bḗkhion) n (genitive βηχῐ́ου); second declension

1. coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

   Synonyms: χᾰμαιλεύκη (khamaileúkē), χᾰμαίγειρον (khamaígeiron)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βήχῐον; τοῦ βηχῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βήχῐον tò bḗkhion	τὼ βηχῐ́ω tṑ bēkhíō	τᾰ̀ βήχῐᾰ tà bḗkhia
Genitive	τοῦ βηχῐ́ου toû bēkhíou	τοῖν βηχῐ́οιν toîn bēkhíoin	τῶν βηχῐ́ων tôn bēkhíōn
Dative	τῷ βηχῐ́ῳ tôi bēkhíōi	τοῖν βηχῐ́οιν toîn bēkhíoin	τοῖς βηχῐ́οις toîs bēkhíois
Accusative	τὸ βήχῐον tò bḗkhion	τὼ βηχῐ́ω tṑ bēkhíō	τᾰ̀ βήχῐᾰ tà bḗkhia
Vocative	βήχῐον bḗkhion	βηχῐ́ω bēkhíō	βήχῐᾰ bḗkhia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: bēchion

Further reading

• “βήχιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βήχιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βήχιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)