παρθένιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρθένος (parthénos, “virgin”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /par.tʰé.ni.on/ → /parˈθe.ni.on/ → /parˈθe.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /par.tʰé.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /parˈtʰe.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /parˈθe.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /parˈθe.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /parˈθe.ni.on/

Noun

παρθένῐον • (parthénion) n (genitive παρθενῐ́ου); second declension

1. feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ παρθένῐον; τοῦ παρθενῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ παρθένῐον tò parthénion	τὼ παρθενῐ́ω tṑ partheníō	τᾰ̀ παρθένῐᾰ tà parthénia
Genitive	τοῦ παρθενῐ́ου toû partheníou	τοῖν παρθενῐ́οιν toîn partheníoin	τῶν παρθενῐ́ων tôn partheníōn
Dative	τῷ παρθενῐ́ῳ tôi partheníōi	τοῖν παρθενῐ́οιν toîn partheníoin	τοῖς παρθενῐ́οις toîs partheníois
Accusative	τὸ παρθένῐον tò parthénion	τὼ παρθενῐ́ω tṑ partheníō	τᾰ̀ παρθένῐᾰ tà parthénia
Vocative	παρθένῐον parthénion	παρθενῐ́ω partheníō	παρθένῐᾰ parthénia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: parthenium
  • → Italian: partenio
  • → Translingual: Parthenium

Further reading

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