ἀμμωνιακόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Genericized neuter form of Ἀμμωνῐᾰκός (Ammōniakós, “of Ammon”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.mɔː.ni.a.kón/ → /am.mo.ni.aˈkon/ → /a.mo.ni.aˈkon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.mɔː.ni.a.kón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.mo.ni.aˈkon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.mo.ni.aˈkon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.mo.ni.aˈkon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.mo.ni.aˈkon/

Noun

ἀμμωνῐᾰκόν • (ammōniakón) n (genitive ἀμμωνῐᾰκοῦ); second declension

1. ammoniacum, a kind of gum resin
2. Ferula marmarica, a plant producing this resin

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀμμωνῐᾰκόν; τοῦ ἀμμωνῐᾰκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀμμωνῐᾰκόν tò ammōniakón	τὼ ἀμμωνῐᾰκώ tṑ ammōniakṓ	τᾰ̀ ἀμμωνῐᾰκᾰ́ tà ammōniaká
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμμωνῐᾰκοῦ toû ammōniakoû	τοῖν ἀμμωνῐᾰκοῖν toîn ammōniakoîn	τῶν ἀμμωνῐᾰκῶν tôn ammōniakôn
Dative	τῷ ἀμμωνῐᾰκῷ tôi ammōniakôi	τοῖν ἀμμωνῐᾰκοῖν toîn ammōniakoîn	τοῖς ἀμμωνῐᾰκοῖς toîs ammōniakoîs
Accusative	τὸ ἀμμωνῐᾰκόν tò ammōniakón	τὼ ἀμμωνῐᾰκώ tṑ ammōniakṓ	τᾰ̀ ἀμμωνῐᾰκᾰ́ tà ammōniaká
Vocative	ἀμμωνῐᾰκόν ammōniakón	ἀμμωνῐᾰκώ ammōniakṓ	ἀμμωνῐᾰκᾰ́ ammōniaká
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ammōniacum

Further reading

• “Ἄμμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμμωνιακόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμμωνιακόν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)