σίλφιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably cognate with Latin sirpe.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /síl.pʰi.on/ → /ˈsil.ɸi.on/ → /ˈsil.fi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /síl.pʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.pʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.ɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.fi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.fi.on/

Noun

σῐ́λφῐον • (sílphion) n (genitive σῐλφῐ́ου); second declension

1. laserwort, silphium, silphion

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῐ́λφῐον; τοῦ σῐλφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “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