ξυλαλόη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) +‎ ἀλόη (alóē, “aloe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksy.laː.ló.ɛː/ → /ksy.laˈlo.i/ → /ksi.laˈlo.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksy.laː.ló.ɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksy.laˈlo.e̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksy.laˈlo.i/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksy.laˈlo.i/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksi.laˈlo.i/

Noun

ξῠλᾱλόη • (xulālóē) f (genitive ξῠλᾱλόης); first declension

1. agalloch (Aquilaria malaccensis)

   Synonym: ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξῠλᾱλόη; τῆς ξῠλᾱλόης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῠλᾱλόη hē xulālóē	τὼ ξῠλᾱλόᾱ tṑ xulālóā	αἱ ξῠλᾱλόαι hai xulālóai
Genitive	τῆς ξῠλᾱλόης tês xulālóēs	τοῖν ξῠλᾱλόαιν toîn xulālóain	τῶν ξῠλᾱλοῶν tôn xulāloôn
Dative	τῇ ξῠλᾱλόῃ têi xulālóēi	τοῖν ξῠλᾱλόαιν toîn xulālóain	ταῖς ξῠλᾱλόαις taîs xulālóais
Accusative	τὴν ξῠλᾱλόην tḕn xulālóēn	τὼ ξῠλᾱλόᾱ tṑ xulālóā	τᾱ̀ς ξῠλᾱλόᾱς tā̀s xulālóās
Vocative	ξῠλᾱλόη xulālóē	ξῠλᾱλόᾱ xulālóā	ξῠλᾱλόαι xulālóai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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