πολυγόνατον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter of πολυγόνατος (polugónatos, “having many joints”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.ly.ɡó.na.ton/ → /po.lyˈɣo.na.ton/ → /po.liˈɣo.na.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.ly.ɡó.na.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈɡo.na.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈɣo.na.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈɣo.na.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.liˈɣo.na.ton/

Noun

πολῠγόνᾰτον • (polugónaton) n (genitive πολῠγονᾰ́του); second declension

1. Solomon's seal (Polygonatum multiflorum)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πολῠγόνᾰτον; τοῦ πολῠγονᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολῠγόνᾰτον tò polugónaton	τὼ πολῠγονᾰ́τω tṑ polugonátō	τᾰ̀ πολῠγόνᾰτᾰ tà polugónata
Genitive	τοῦ πολῠγονᾰ́του toû polugonátou	τοῖν πολῠγονᾰ́τοιν toîn polugonátoin	τῶν πολῠγονᾰ́των tôn polugonátōn
Dative	τῷ πολῠγονᾰ́τῳ tôi polugonátōi	τοῖν πολῠγονᾰ́τοιν toîn polugonátoin	τοῖς πολῠγονᾰ́τοις toîs polugonátois
Accusative	τὸ πολῠγόνᾰτον tò polugónaton	τὼ πολῠγονᾰ́τω tṑ polugonátō	τᾰ̀ πολῠγόνᾰτᾰ tà polugónata
Vocative	πολῠγόνᾰτον polugónaton	πολῠγονᾰ́τω polugonátō	πολῠγόνᾰτᾰ polugónata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Polygonatum

Further reading

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