εὐφόρβιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὔφορβος (eúphorbos, “well fed”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.pʰór.bi.on/ → /eɸˈɸor.βi.on/ → /efˈfor.vi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.pʰór.bi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈpʰor.bi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸˈɸor.βi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efˈfor.vi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efˈfor.vi.on/

Noun

εὐφόρβῐον • (euphórbion) n (genitive εὐφορβῐ́ου); second declension

1. resin spurge (Euphorbia resinifera)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ εὐφόρβῐον; τοῦ εὐφορβῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ εὐφόρβῐον tò euphórbion	τὼ εὐφορβῐ́ω tṑ euphorbíō	τᾰ̀ εὐφόρβῐᾰ tà euphórbia
Genitive	τοῦ εὐφορβῐ́ου toû euphorbíou	τοῖν εὐφορβῐ́οιν toîn euphorbíoin	τῶν εὐφορβῐ́ων tôn euphorbíōn
Dative	τῷ εὐφορβῐ́ῳ tôi euphorbíōi	τοῖν εὐφορβῐ́οιν toîn euphorbíoin	τοῖς εὐφορβῐ́οις toîs euphorbíois
Accusative	τὸ εὐφόρβῐον tò euphórbion	τὼ εὐφορβῐ́ω tṑ euphorbíō	τᾰ̀ εὐφόρβῐᾰ tà euphórbia
Vocative	εὐφόρβῐον euphórbion	εὐφορβῐ́ω euphorbíō	εὐφόρβῐᾰ euphórbia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: euphorbium

Further reading

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