βεττονική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vettōnica (“betony”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bet.to.ni.kɛ̌ː/ → /βet.to.niˈci/ → /ve.to.niˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bet.to.ni.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bet.to.niˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βet.to.niˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vet.to.niˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ve.to.niˈci/

Noun

βεττονῐκή • (bettonikḗ) f (genitive βεττονῐκῆς); first declension

1. ironwort of subspecies Sideritis romana subsp. purpurea (syn. Sideritis purpurea)

   Synonym: κέστρον (késtron)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βεττονῐκή; τῆς βεττονῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βεττονῐκή hē bettonikḗ	τὼ βεττονῐκᾱ́ tṑ bettonikā́	αἱ βεττονῐκαί hai bettonikaí
Genitive	τῆς βεττονῐκῆς tês bettonikês	τοῖν βεττονῐκαῖν toîn bettonikaîn	τῶν βεττονῐκῶν tôn bettonikôn
Dative	τῇ βεττονῐκῇ têi bettonikêi	τοῖν βεττονῐκαῖν toîn bettonikaîn	ταῖς βεττονῐκαῖς taîs bettonikaîs
Accusative	τὴν βεττονῐκήν tḕn bettonikḗn	τὼ βεττονῐκᾱ́ tṑ bettonikā́	τᾱ̀ς βεττονῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s bettonikā́s
Vocative	βεττονῐκή bettonikḗ	βεττονῐκᾱ́ bettonikā́	βεττονῐκαί bettonikaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βεττονική”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βεττονική in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βεττονική 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
• Sideritis+purpurea at The Plant List