ἐλαιόφυλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλαία (elaía, “olive tree”) +‎ φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.lai̯.ó.pʰyl.lon/ → /e.lɛˈo.ɸyl.lon/ → /e.leˈo.fi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.lai̯.ó.pʰyl.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.lɛˈo.pʰyl.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.lɛˈo.ɸyl.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.leˈo.fyl.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.leˈo.fi.lon/

Noun

ἐλαιόφῠλλον • (elaióphullon) n (genitive ἐλαιοφῠ́λλου); second declension

1. dog's mercury (Mercurialis perennis)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐλαιόφῠλλον; τοῦ ἐλαιοφῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐλαιόφῠλλον tò elaióphullon	τὼ ἐλαιοφῠ́λλω tṑ elaiophúllō	τᾰ̀ ἐλαιόφῠλλᾰ tà elaióphulla
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλαιοφῠ́λλου toû elaiophúllou	τοῖν ἐλαιοφῠ́λλοιν toîn elaiophúlloin	τῶν ἐλαιοφῠ́λλων tôn elaiophúllōn
Dative	τῷ ἐλαιοφῠ́λλῳ tôi elaiophúllōi	τοῖν ἐλαιοφῠ́λλοιν toîn elaiophúlloin	τοῖς ἐλαιοφῠ́λλοις toîs elaiophúllois
Accusative	τὸ ἐλαιόφῠλλον tò elaióphullon	τὼ ἐλαιοφῠ́λλω tṑ elaiophúllō	τᾰ̀ ἐλαιόφῠλλᾰ tà elaióphulla
Vocative	ἐλαιόφῠλλον elaióphullon	ἐλαιοφῠ́λλω elaiophúllō	ἐλαιόφῠλλᾰ elaióphulla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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