τρυγόνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρῡγών (trūgṓn, “turtle dove”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tryː.ɡó.ni.on/ → /tryˈɣo.ni.on/ → /triˈɣo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tryː.ɡó.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tryˈɡo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tryˈɣo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tryˈɣo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈɣo.ni.on/

Noun

τρῡγόνῐον • (trūgónion) n (genitive τρῡγονῐ́ου); second declension

1. gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus)

   Synonyms: βούνιον (boúnion), περιστερεών ὀρθός (peristereṓn orthós), φιλτροδότης (philtrodótēs)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρῡγόνῐον; τοῦ τρῡγονῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῡγόνῐον tò trūgónion	τὼ τρῡγονῐ́ω tṑ trūgoníō	τᾰ̀ τρῡγόνῐᾰ tà trūgónia
Genitive	τοῦ τρῡγονῐ́ου toû trūgoníou	τοῖν τρῡγονῐ́οιν toîn trūgoníoin	τῶν τρῡγονῐ́ων tôn trūgoníōn
Dative	τῷ τρῡγονῐ́ῳ tôi trūgoníōi	τοῖν τρῡγονῐ́οιν toîn trūgoníoin	τοῖς τρῡγονῐ́οις toîs trūgoníois
Accusative	τὸ τρῡγόνῐον tò trūgónion	τὼ τρῡγονῐ́ω tṑ trūgoníō	τᾰ̀ τρῡγόνῐᾰ tà trūgónia
Vocative	τρῡγόνῐον trūgónion	τρῡγονῐ́ω trūgoníō	τρῡγόνῐᾰ trūgónia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: τρυγόνι (trygóni)

Further reading

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