βαλαύστιον
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- βαλώστιον (balṓstion)
Etymology
editRelated to Imperial Aramaic 𐡁𐡀𐡋𐡀𐡈 (bʾlʾṭ, “pomegranate shoot”), Classical Syriac ܒܠܳܨܳܐ (blāṣā, “pomegranate shoot”) and a Semitic borrowing maybe. However an explanation of the words will remain difficult; see Arabic رُمَّان (rummān) for another difficult pomegranate term.
Put by Beekes because of the variant “αυ/ω” as acquired via Pre-Greek together with βάλαρις (bálaris, an unclear plant), βαλλωτή (ballōtḗ, “black horehound”), βάλλις (bállis, “a plant with wonderful medicinal properties”).
Pronunciation
edit- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /baˈlaʍs.ti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaˈlaɸs.ti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vaˈlafs.ti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈlafs.ti.on/
Noun
editβαλαύστιον • (balaústion) n (genitive βαλαυστίου); second declension
- flower of the wild pomegranate
- Synonym: κύτινος (kútinos)
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | τὸ βαλαύστιον tò balaústion |
τὼ βαλαυστίω tṑ balaustíō |
τᾰ̀ βαλαύστιᾰ tà balaústia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βαλαυστίου toû balaustíou |
τοῖν βαλαυστίοιν toîn balaustíoin |
τῶν βαλαυστίων tôn balaustíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βαλαυστίῳ tôi balaustíōi |
τοῖν βαλαυστίοιν toîn balaustíoin |
τοῖς βαλαυστίοις toîs balaustíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ βαλαύστιον tò balaústion |
τὼ βαλαυστίω tṑ balaustíō |
τᾰ̀ βαλαύστιᾰ tà balaústia | ||||||||||
Vocative | βαλαύστιον balaústion |
βαλαυστίω balaustíō |
βαλαύστιᾰ balaústia | ||||||||||
Notes: |
|
Derived terms
edit- βαλαυστιουργός (balaustiourgós)
- βαλαύστρινος (balaústrinos)
Descendants
edit- Latin: balaustium
- → Italian: balaustro
Further reading
edit- “βαλαύστιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βαλαύστιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βαλαύστιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Semitic languages
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Semitic languages
- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension
- grc:Flowers