σώσανδρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῶς (sôs, “safe, sound”) +‎ ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̌ː.san.dron/ → /ˈso.san.dron/ → /ˈso.san.dron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔ̌ː.san.dron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈso.san.dron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈso.san.dron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈso.san.dron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈso.san.dron/

Noun

σώσᾰνδρον • (sṓsandron) n (genitive σωσᾰ́νδρου); second declension

1. rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis, syn. Delphinium ajacis)

   Synonym: δελφῐ́νῐον (delphínion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σώσᾰνδρον; τοῦ σωσᾰ́νδρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σώσᾰνδρον tò sṓsandron	τὼ σωσᾰ́νδρω tṑ sōsándrō	τᾰ̀ σώσᾰνδρᾰ tà sṓsandra
Genitive	τοῦ σωσᾰ́νδρου toû sōsándrou	τοῖν σωσᾰ́νδροιν toîn sōsándroin	τῶν σωσᾰ́νδρων tôn sōsándrōn
Dative	τῷ σωσᾰ́νδρῳ tôi sōsándrōi	τοῖν σωσᾰ́νδροιν toîn sōsándroin	τοῖς σωσᾰ́νδροις toîs sōsándrois
Accusative	τὸ σώσᾰνδρον tò sṓsandron	τὼ σωσᾰ́νδρω tṑ sōsándrō	τᾰ̀ σώσᾰνδρᾰ tà sṓsandra
Vocative	σώσᾰνδρον sṓsandron	σωσᾰ́νδρω sōsándrō	σώσᾰνδρᾰ sṓsandra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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