δρακόντιον

See also: Δρακόντιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

δρᾰ́κων (drákōn, oblique stem: δρᾰκοντ-, drakont-) +‎ -ῐον (-ion)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dra.kón.ti.on/ → /ðraˈkon.ti.on/ → /ðraˈkon.di.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dra.kón.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /draˈkon.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðraˈkon.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðraˈkon.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðraˈkon.di.on/

Noun

δρᾰκόντῐον • (drakóntion) n (genitive δρᾰκοντῐ́ου); second declension

1. dragonwort, edder-wort (Dracunculus vulgaris)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ δρᾰκόντῐον; τοῦ δρᾰκοντῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δρᾰκόντῐον tò drakóntion	τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ω tṑ drakontíō	τᾰ̀ δρᾰκόντῐᾰ tà drakóntia
Genitive	τοῦ δρᾰκοντῐ́ου toû drakontíou	τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́οιν toîn drakontíoin	τῶν δρᾰκοντῐ́ων tôn drakontíōn
Dative	τῷ δρᾰκοντῐ́ῳ tôi drakontíōi	τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́οιν toîn drakontíoin	τοῖς δρᾰκοντῐ́οις toîs drakontíois
Accusative	τὸ δρᾰκόντῐον tò drakóntion	τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ω tṑ drakontíō	τᾰ̀ δρᾰκόντῐᾰ tà drakóntia
Vocative	δρᾰκόντῐον drakóntion	δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drakontíō	δρᾰκόντῐᾰ drakóntia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “δρᾰκόντιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δρακόντιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• δρακόντιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften