μυάκανθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) +‎ ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “thorn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /my.á.kan.tʰos/ → /myˈa.kan.θos/ → /miˈa.kan.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.á.kan.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myˈa.kan.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myˈa.kan.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myˈa.kan.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈa.kan.θos/

Noun

μῠᾰ́κᾰνθος • (muákanthos) m (genitive μῠᾰκᾰ́νθου); second declension

1. butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

   Synonyms: κεντρομυρσίνη (kentromursínē), ὀξυμυρσίνη (oxumursínē), χαμαιμυρσίνη (khamaimursínē)

2. wild asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ μῠᾰ́κᾰνθος; τοῦ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῠᾰ́κᾰνθος ho muákanthos	τὼ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθω tṑ muakánthō	οἱ μῠᾰ́κᾰνθοι hoi muákanthoi
Genitive	τοῦ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθου toû muakánthou	τοῖν μῠᾰκᾰ́νθοιν toîn muakánthoin	τῶν μῠᾰκᾰ́νθων tôn muakánthōn
Dative	τῷ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθῳ tôi muakánthōi	τοῖν μῠᾰκᾰ́νθοιν toîn muakánthoin	τοῖς μῠᾰκᾰ́νθοις toîs muakánthois
Accusative	τὸν μῠᾰ́κᾰνθον tòn muákanthon	τὼ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθω tṑ muakánthō	τοὺς μῠᾰκᾰ́νθους toùs muakánthous
Vocative	μῠᾰ́κᾰνθε muákanthe	μῠᾰκᾰ́νθω muakánthō	μῠᾰ́κᾰνθοι muákanthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μυακάνθινος (muakánthinos)

References

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