γλυκύρριζα

Ancient Greek

Glycyrrhiza glabra

Alternative forms

• γλυκύρριζον (glukúrrhizon), γλυκύρριζος (glukúrrhizos)

Etymology

From γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡly.kýr̥.r̥iːz.da/ → /ɣlyˈcyr.ri.za/ → /ɣliˈci.ri.za/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡly.kýr̥.r̥iːz.da/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡlyˈkyr.ri.za/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈcyr.ri.za/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈcyr.ri.za/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣliˈci.ri.za/

Noun

γλυκύρριζα • (glukúrrhiza) f (genitive γλυκυρρίζης); first declension

1. licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γλυκύρρῑζᾰ; τῆς γλυκυρρῑ́ζης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλυκύρρῑζᾰ hē glukúrrhīza	τὼ γλυκυρρῑ́ζᾱ tṑ glukurrhī́zā	αἱ γλυκύρρῑζαι hai glukúrrhīzai
Genitive	τῆς γλυκυρρῑ́ζης tês glukurrhī́zēs	τοῖν γλυκυρρῑ́ζαιν toîn glukurrhī́zain	τῶν γλυκυρρῑζῶν tôn glukurrhīzôn
Dative	τῇ γλυκυρρῑ́ζῃ têi glukurrhī́zēi	τοῖν γλυκυρρῑ́ζαιν toîn glukurrhī́zain	ταῖς γλυκυρρῑ́ζαις taîs glukurrhī́zais
Accusative	τὴν γλυκύρρῑζᾰν tḕn glukúrrhīzan	τὼ γλυκυρρῑ́ζᾱ tṑ glukurrhī́zā	τᾱ̀ς γλυκυρρῑ́ζᾱς tā̀s glukurrhī́zās
Vocative	γλυκύρρῑζᾰ glukúrrhīza	γλυκυρρῑ́ζᾱ glukurrhī́zā	γλυκύρρῑζαι glukúrrhīzai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: glycyrrhiza
  • ⇒ Late Latin: liquiritia
    • Catalan: regalèssia
    • Old French: licoresse (see there for further descendants)
    • → Italian: liquirizia
    • Sicilian: rigulizzia
  • → Translingual: Glycyrrhiza
• Greek: γλυκόριζα (glykóriza)

References

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

Greek

Noun

γλυκύρριζα • (glykýrriza) f (plural γλυκύρριζες)

1. Alternative form of γλυκόριζα (glykóriza)

Declension

Declension of γλυκύρριζα

	singular	plural
nominative	γλυκύρριζα •	γλυκύρριζες •
genitive	γλυκύρριζας •	—
accusative	γλυκύρριζα •	γλυκύρριζες •
vocative	γλυκύρριζα •	γλυκύρριζες •