ζιγγίβερις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Via unattested Middle Iranian from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), which see for comparisons.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdiŋ.ɡí.be.ris/ → /ziɲˈɟi.βe.ris/ → /ziɲˈɟi.ve.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdiŋ.ɡí.be.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ziŋˈɡi.be.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ziɲˈɟi.βe.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ziɲˈɟi.ve.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ziɲˈɟi.ve.ris/

Noun

ζιγγίβερῐς • (zingíberis) f (genitive ζιγγῐβέρεως); third declension

1. ginger
   • Diosc. 2.190

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ζιγγίβερῐς; τῆς ζιγγιβέρεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ζιγγίβερῐς hē zingíberis
Genitive	τῆς ζιγγιβέρεως tês zingibéreōs
Dative	τῇ ζιγγιβέρει têi zingibérei
Accusative	τὴν ζιγγίβερῐν tḕn zingíberin
Vocative	ζιγγίβερῐ zingíberi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ζιγγίβερη f (zingíveri), ζιγγίβερι n (zingíveri), ζίγγιβερ n (zíngiver), ζινζίβεριν n (zinzíverin), ζιντζίβερ n (zintzíver), ζιτζίβερ n (zitzíver), ζιτζίβερι n (zitzíveri), ζιτζίβερις f (zitzíveris)
• → Latin: zingiberi (see there for further descendants)
• → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: זַנְגְּבִילָא (zingivila)
  • → Hebrew: גִּנְבָּר (ginbār)

Further reading

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