κλινοπόδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλῑνόπους (klīnópous, “feet of a bed”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kliː.no.pó.di.on/ → /kli.noˈpo.ði.on/ → /kli.noˈpo.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kliː.no.pó.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kli.noˈpo.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kli.noˈpo.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kli.noˈpo.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kli.noˈpo.ði.on/

Noun

κλῑνοπόδῐον • (klīnopódion) n (genitive κλῑνοποδῐ́ου); second declension

1. lesser calamint (Clinopodium nepeta)

   Synonym: ζωπύρα (zōpúra)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κλῑνοπόδῐον; τοῦ κλῑνοποδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλῑνοπόδῐον tò klīnopódion	τὼ κλῑνοποδῐ́ω tṑ klīnopodíō	τᾰ̀ κλῑνοπόδῐᾰ tà klīnopódia
Genitive	τοῦ κλῑνοποδῐ́ου toû klīnopodíou	τοῖν κλῑνοποδῐ́οιν toîn klīnopodíoin	τῶν κλῑνοποδῐ́ων tôn klīnopodíōn
Dative	τῷ κλῑνοποδῐ́ῳ tôi klīnopodíōi	τοῖν κλῑνοποδῐ́οιν toîn klīnopodíoin	τοῖς κλῑνοποδῐ́οις toîs klīnopodíois
Accusative	τὸ κλῑνοπόδῐον tò klīnopódion	τὼ κλῑνοποδῐ́ω tṑ klīnopodíō	τᾰ̀ κλῑνοπόδῐᾰ tà klīnopódia
Vocative	κλῑνοπόδῐον klīnopódion	κλῑνοποδῐ́ω klīnopodíō	κλῑνοπόδῐᾰ klīnopódia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Clinopodium

Further reading

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