γιγγίδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γῐγγῐ́ς (gingís, “kind of turnip”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡiŋ.ɡí.di.on/ → /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/ → /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡiŋ.ɡí.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡiŋˈɡi.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/

Noun

γῐγγῐ́δῐον • (gingídion) n (genitive γῐγγῐδῐ́ου); second declension

1. carrot (Daucus gingidium)
2. dittander (Lepidium latifolium)

   Synonym: λεπῐ́δῐον (lepídion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γῐγγῐ́δῐον; τοῦ γῐγγῐδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γῐγγῐ́δῐον tò gingídion	τὼ γῐγγῐδῐ́ω tṑ gingidíō	τᾰ̀ γῐγγῐ́δῐᾰ tà gingídia
Genitive	τοῦ γῐγγῐδῐ́ου toû gingidíou	τοῖν γῐγγῐδῐ́οιν toîn gingidíoin	τῶν γῐγγῐδῐ́ων tôn gingidíōn
Dative	τῷ γῐγγῐδῐ́ῳ tôi gingidíōi	τοῖν γῐγγῐδῐ́οιν toîn gingidíoin	τοῖς γῐγγῐδῐ́οις toîs gingidíois
Accusative	τὸ γῐγγῐ́δῐον tò gingídion	τὼ γῐγγῐδῐ́ω tṑ gingidíō	τᾰ̀ γῐγγῐ́δῐᾰ tà gingídia
Vocative	γῐγγῐ́δῐον gingídion	γῐγγῐδῐ́ω gingidíō	γῐγγῐ́δῐᾰ gingídia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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