μελαμπράσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλας (mélas, “black”) +‎ πράσιον (prásion, “white horehound”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.lam.prá.si.on/ → /me.lamˈpra.si.on/ → /me.lamˈbra.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lam.prá.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.lamˈpra.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.lamˈpra.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.lamˈpra.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.lamˈbra.si.on/

Noun

μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον • (melamprásion) n (genitive μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ου); second declension

1. black horehound (Ballota nigra)

   Synonyms: βᾰλλωτή (ballōtḗ), γνοτέρᾱ (gnotérā)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον; τοῦ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον tò melamprásion	τὼ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ω tṑ melamprasíō	τᾰ̀ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐᾰ tà melamprásia
Genitive	τοῦ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ου toû melamprasíou	τοῖν μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́οιν toîn melamprasíoin	τῶν μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ων tôn melamprasíōn
Dative	τῷ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ῳ tôi melamprasíōi	τοῖν μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́οιν toîn melamprasíoin	τοῖς μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́οις toîs melamprasíois
Accusative	τὸ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον tò melamprásion	τὼ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ω tṑ melamprasíō	τᾰ̀ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐᾰ tà melamprásia
Vocative	μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον melamprásion	μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ω melamprasíō	μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐᾰ melamprásia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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