φρένιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰré.ni.on/ → /ˈɸre.ni.on/ → /ˈfre.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰré.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰre.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸre.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfre.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfre.ni.on/

Noun

φρένῐον • (phrénion) n (genitive φρενῐ́ου); second declension

1. poppy anemone (Anemone coronaria)

   Synonym: ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φρένῐον; τοῦ φρενῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φρένῐον tò phrénion	τὼ φρενῐ́ω tṑ phreníō	τᾰ̀ φρένῐᾰ tà phrénia
Genitive	τοῦ φρενῐ́ου toû phreníou	τοῖν φρενῐ́οιν toîn phreníoin	τῶν φρενῐ́ων tôn phreníōn
Dative	τῷ φρενῐ́ῳ tôi phreníōi	τοῖν φρενῐ́οιν toîn phreníoin	τοῖς φρενῐ́οις toîs phreníois
Accusative	τὸ φρένῐον tò phrénion	τὼ φρενῐ́ω tṑ phreníō	τᾰ̀ φρένῐᾰ tà phrénia
Vocative	φρένῐον phrénion	φρενῐ́ω phreníō	φρένῐᾰ phrénia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: phrenion

Further reading

• “φρένιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press