πολεμώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Πολέμων (Polémōn) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.le.mɔ̌ː.ni.on/ → /po.leˈmo.ni.on/ → /po.leˈmo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.le.mɔ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/

Noun

πολεμώνῐον • (polemṓnion) n (genitive πολεμωνῐ́ου); second declension

1. Jacob's ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)

   Synonyms: φῐλεταίρῐον (philetaírion), χῑλῐοδῠ́νᾰμῐς (khīliodúnamis)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πολεμώνῐον; τοῦ πολεμωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολεμώνῐον tò polemṓnion	τὼ πολεμωνῐ́ω tṑ polemōníō	τᾰ̀ πολεμώνῐᾰ tà polemṓnia
Genitive	τοῦ πολεμωνῐ́ου toû polemōníou	τοῖν πολεμωνῐ́οιν toîn polemōníoin	τῶν πολεμωνῐ́ων tôn polemōníōn
Dative	τῷ πολεμωνῐ́ῳ tôi polemōníōi	τοῖν πολεμωνῐ́οιν toîn polemōníoin	τοῖς πολεμωνῐ́οις toîs polemōníois
Accusative	τὸ πολεμώνῐον tò polemṓnion	τὼ πολεμωνῐ́ω tṑ polemōníō	τᾰ̀ πολεμώνῐᾰ tà polemṓnia
Vocative	πολεμώνῐον polemṓnion	πολεμωνῐ́ω polemōníō	πολεμώνῐᾰ polemṓnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: polemōnia
• → Translingual: Polemonium
  • → English: polemonium

Further reading

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