σίλφιον
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editProbably cognate with Latin sirpe.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /síl.pʰi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsil.pʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsil.ɸi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsil.fi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsil.fi.on/
Noun
editσῐ́λφῐον • (sílphion) n (genitive σῐλφῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σῐ́λφῐον tò sílphion |
τὼ σῐλφῐ́ω tṑ silphíō |
τᾰ̀ σῐ́λφῐᾰ tà sílphia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σῐλφῐ́ου toû silphíou |
τοῖν σῐλφῐ́οιν toîn silphíoin |
τῶν σῐλφῐ́ων tôn silphíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σῐλφῐ́ῳ tôi silphíōi |
τοῖν σῐλφῐ́οιν toîn silphíoin |
τοῖς σῐλφῐ́οις toîs silphíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σῐ́λφῐον tò sílphion |
τὼ σῐλφῐ́ω tṑ silphíō |
τᾰ̀ σῐ́λφῐᾰ tà sílphia | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῐ́λφῐον sílphion |
σῐλφῐ́ω silphíō |
σῐ́λφῐᾰ sílphia | ||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “σίλφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σίλφιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette