ἠριγέρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἦρι (êri, “early in the morning”) +‎ γέρων (gérōn, “old man”), because of its hoary down.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.rɔːn/ → /i.riˈʝe.ron/ → /i.riˈʝe.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.rɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.riˈɡe.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ron/

Noun

ἠρῐγέρων • (ērigérōn) m (genitive ἠρῐγέροντος); third declension

1. groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)

   Synonym: ἀκανθίς (akanthís)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἠρῐγέρων; τοῦ ἠρῐγέροντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἠρῐγέρων ho ērigérōn	τὼ ἠρῐγέροντε tṑ ērigéronte	οἱ ἠρῐγέροντες hoi ērigérontes
Genitive	τοῦ ἠρῐγέροντος toû ērigérontos	τοῖν ἠρῐγερόντοιν toîn ērigeróntoin	τῶν ἠρῐγερόντων tôn ērigeróntōn
Dative	τῷ ἠρῐγέροντῐ tôi ērigéronti	τοῖν ἠρῐγερόντοιν toîn ērigeróntoin	τοῖς ἠρῐγέρουσῐ / ἠρῐγέρουσῐν toîs ērigérousi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἠρῐγέροντᾰ tòn ērigéronta	τὼ ἠρῐγέροντε tṑ ērigéronte	τοὺς ἠρῐγέροντᾰς toùs ērigérontas
Vocative	ἠρῐγέρον ērigéron	ἠρῐγέροντε ērigéronte	ἠρῐγέροντες ērigérontes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Erigeron

Further reading

• “ἠριγέρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἠριγέρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette