ἀνδρόσαιμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) +‎ αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.dró.sai̯.mon/ → /anˈdro.sɛ.mon/ → /anˈdro.se.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.dró.sai̯.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.sɛ.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.sɛ.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.se.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.se.mon/

Noun

ἀνδρόσαιμον • (andrósaimon) n (genitive ἀνδροσαίμου); second declension

1. St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)

   Synonyms: ἄσκυρον (áskuron), ὑπέρεικος (hupéreikos)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀνδρόσαιμον; τοῦ ἀνδροσαίμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀνδρόσαιμον tò andrósaimon	τὼ ἀνδροσαίμω tṑ androsaímō	τᾰ̀ ἀνδρόσαιμᾰ tà andrósaima
Genitive	τοῦ ἀνδροσαίμου toû androsaímou	τοῖν ἀνδροσαίμοιν toîn androsaímoin	τῶν ἀνδροσαίμων tôn androsaímōn
Dative	τῷ ἀνδροσαίμῳ tôi androsaímōi	τοῖν ἀνδροσαίμοιν toîn androsaímoin	τοῖς ἀνδροσαίμοις toîs androsaímois
Accusative	τὸ ἀνδρόσαιμον tò andrósaimon	τὼ ἀνδροσαίμω tṑ androsaímō	τᾰ̀ ἀνδρόσαιμᾰ tà andrósaima
Vocative	ἀνδρόσαιμον andrósaimon	ἀνδροσαίμω androsaímō	ἀνδρόσαιμᾰ andrósaima
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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