πεντάφυλλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πεντέφυλλον (pentéphullon)

Etymology

From πεντα- (penta-, “five”) +‎ φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pen.tá.pʰyl.lon/ → /penˈta.ɸyl.lon/ → /penˈda.fi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pen.tá.pʰyl.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /penˈta.pʰyl.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /penˈta.ɸyl.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /penˈta.fyl.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /penˈda.fi.lon/

Noun

πεντᾰ́φῠλλον • (pentáphullon) n (genitive πεντᾰφῠ́λλου); second declension

1. creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)

   Synonyms: κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον (kallipétalon), ψευδοσέλῑνον (pseudosélīnon)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πεντᾰ́φῠλλον; τοῦ πεντᾰφῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πεντᾰ́φῠλλον tò pentáphullon	τὼ πεντᾰφῠ́λλω tṑ pentaphúllō	τᾰ̀ πεντᾰ́φῠλλᾰ tà pentáphulla
Genitive	τοῦ πεντᾰφῠ́λλου toû pentaphúllou	τοῖν πεντᾰφῠ́λλοιν toîn pentaphúlloin	τῶν πεντᾰφῠ́λλων tôn pentaphúllōn
Dative	τῷ πεντᾰφῠ́λλῳ tôi pentaphúllōi	τοῖν πεντᾰφῠ́λλοιν toîn pentaphúlloin	τοῖς πεντᾰφῠ́λλοις toîs pentaphúllois
Accusative	τὸ πεντᾰ́φῠλλον tò pentáphullon	τὼ πεντᾰφῠ́λλω tṑ pentaphúllō	τᾰ̀ πεντᾰ́φῠλλᾰ tà pentáphulla
Vocative	πεντᾰ́φῠλλον pentáphullon	πεντᾰφῠ́λλω pentaphúllō	πεντᾰ́φῠλλᾰ pentáphulla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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