ψύλλιον
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psýl.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsyl.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsyl.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsyl.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.li.on/
Noun edit
ψῠ́λλῐον • (psúllion) n (genitive ψῠλλῐ́ου); second declension
- fleawort (Plantago psyllium)
- Synonyms: βουκράνιον (boukránion), κρυστᾰ́λλῐον (krustállion), κυνοκέφαλον (kunoképhalon)
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον tò psúllion |
τὼ ψῠλλῐ́ω tṑ psullíō |
τᾰ̀ ψῠ́λλῐᾰ tà psúllia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψῠλλῐ́ου toû psullíou |
τοῖν ψῠλλῐ́οιν toîn psullíoin |
τῶν ψῠλλῐ́ων tôn psullíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψῠλλῐ́ῳ tôi psullíōi |
τοῖν ψῠλλῐ́οιν toîn psullíoin |
τοῖς ψῠλλῐ́οις toîs psullíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον tò psúllion |
τὼ ψῠλλῐ́ω tṑ psullíō |
τᾰ̀ ψῠ́λλῐᾰ tà psúllia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψῠ́λλῐον psúllion |
ψῠλλῐ́ω psullíō |
ψῠ́λλῐᾰ psúllia | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- → Latin: psyllium
Further reading edit
- “ψύλλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψύλλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette