λιθόσπερμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λίθος (líthos, “stone”) +‎ σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.tʰós.per.mon/ → /liˈθos.per.mon/ → /liˈθos.per.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.tʰós.per.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈtʰos.per.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈθos.per.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈθos.per.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈθos.per.mon/

Noun

λῐθόσπερμον • (lithóspermon) n (genitive λῐθοσπέρμου); second declension

1. stoneseed, gromwell (Lithospermum officinale)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ λῐθόσπερμον; τοῦ λῐθοσπέρμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῐθόσπερμον tò lithóspermon	τὼ λῐθοσπέρμω tṑ lithospérmō	τᾰ̀ λῐθόσπερμᾰ tà lithósperma
Genitive	τοῦ λῐθοσπέρμου toû lithospérmou	τοῖν λῐθοσπέρμοιν toîn lithospérmoin	τῶν λῐθοσπέρμων tôn lithospérmōn
Dative	τῷ λῐθοσπέρμῳ tôi lithospérmōi	τοῖν λῐθοσπέρμοιν toîn lithospérmoin	τοῖς λῐθοσπέρμοις toîs lithospérmois
Accusative	τὸ λῐθόσπερμον tò lithóspermon	τὼ λῐθοσπέρμω tṑ lithospérmō	τᾰ̀ λῐθόσπερμᾰ tà lithósperma
Vocative	λῐθόσπερμον lithóspermon	λῐθοσπέρμω lithospérmō	λῐθόσπερμᾰ lithósperma
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: lithospermon
• → Translingual: Lithospermum
  • → English: lithospermum

References

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