μαχαιρόφυλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάχαιρα (mákhaira, “knife”) +‎ φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.kʰai̯.ró.pʰyl.lon/ → /ma.çɛˈro.ɸyl.lon/ → /ma.çeˈro.fi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.kʰai̯.ró.pʰyl.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.kʰɛˈro.pʰyl.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.çɛˈro.ɸyl.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.çeˈro.fyl.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.çeˈro.fi.lon/

Noun

μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον • (makhairóphullon) n (genitive μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου); second declension

1. gladiolus (plant of the genus Gladiolus)

   Synonyms: ἀνᾰκτόρῐον (anaktórion), ξῐ́φῐον (xíphion)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον; τοῦ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον tò makhairóphullon	τὼ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω tṑ makhairophúllō	τᾰ̀ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ tà makhairóphulla
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου toû makhairophúllou	τοῖν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοιν toîn makhairophúlloin	τῶν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλων tôn makhairophúllōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλῳ tôi makhairophúllōi	τοῖν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοιν toîn makhairophúlloin	τοῖς μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοις toîs makhairophúllois
Accusative	τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον tò makhairóphullon	τὼ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω tṑ makhairophúllō	τᾰ̀ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ tà makhairóphulla
Vocative	μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον makhairóphullon	μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω makhairophúllō	μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ makhairóphulla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μαχαιρόφυλλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press