σμύρνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σμύρνα (smúrna, “myrrh”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zmýr.ni.on/ → /ˈzmyr.ni.on/ → /ˈzmir.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zmýr.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzmyr.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmyr.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmyr.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzmir.ni.on/

Noun

σμῠ́ρνῐον • (smúrnion) n (genitive σμῠρνῐ́ου); second declension

1. Cretan alexanders (Smyrnium perfoliatum)

   Synonym: βουσέλῑνον (bousélīnon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σμῠ́ρνῐον; τοῦ σμῠρνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σμῠ́ρνῐον tò smúrnion	τὼ σμῠρνῐ́ω tṑ smurníō	τᾰ̀ σμῠ́ρνῐᾰ tà smúrnia
Genitive	τοῦ σμῠρνῐ́ου toû smurníou	τοῖν σμῠρνῐ́οιν toîn smurníoin	τῶν σμῠρνῐ́ων tôn smurníōn
Dative	τῷ σμῠρνῐ́ῳ tôi smurníōi	τοῖν σμῠρνῐ́οιν toîn smurníoin	τοῖς σμῠρνῐ́οις toîs smurníois
Accusative	τὸ σμῠ́ρνῐον tò smúrnion	τὼ σμῠρνῐ́ω tṑ smurníō	τᾰ̀ σμῠ́ρνῐᾰ tà smúrnia
Vocative	σμῠ́ρνῐον smúrnion	σμῠρνῐ́ω smurníō	σμῠ́ρνῐᾰ smúrnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Smyrnium

Further reading

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