πολύγαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολύς (polús, “many”) +‎ γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.ɡa.lon/ → /poˈly.ɣa.lon/ → /poˈli.ɣa.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.ɡa.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ɡa.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ɣa.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ɣa.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.ɣa.lon/

Noun

πολῠ́γᾰλον • (polúgalon) n (genitive πολῠγᾰ́λου); second declension

1. milkwort (Polygala venulosa)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πολῠ́γᾰλον; τοῦ πολῠγᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολῠ́γᾰλον tò polúgalon	τὼ πολῠγᾰ́λω tṑ polugálō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́γᾰλᾰ tà polúgala
Genitive	τοῦ πολῠγᾰ́λου toû polugálou	τοῖν πολῠγᾰ́λοιν toîn polugáloin	τῶν πολῠγᾰ́λων tôn polugálōn
Dative	τῷ πολῠγᾰ́λῳ tôi polugálōi	τοῖν πολῠγᾰ́λοιν toîn polugáloin	τοῖς πολῠγᾰ́λοις toîs polugálois
Accusative	τὸ πολῠ́γᾰλον tò polúgalon	τὼ πολῠγᾰ́λω tṑ polugálō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́γᾰλᾰ tà polúgala
Vocative	πολῠ́γᾰλον polúgalon	πολῠγᾰ́λω polugálō	πολῠ́γᾰλᾰ polúgala
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Polygala

Further reading

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