ἡδύσαρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. The word recalls ἄσαρον (ásaron, “hazelwort”) and σίσαρον (sísaron, “parsnip”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.dý.sa.ron/ → /iˈðy.sa.ron/ → /iˈði.sa.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.dý.sa.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝ˈdy.sa.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈðy.sa.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈðy.sa.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈði.sa.ron/

Noun

ἡδῠ́σᾰρον • (hēdúsaron) n (genitive ἡδῠσᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. axe-weed (Securigera securidaca)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἡδῠ́σᾰρον; τοῦ ἡδῠσᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡδῠ́σᾰρον tò hēdúsaron	τὼ ἡδῠσᾰ́ρω tṑ hēdusárō	τᾰ̀ ἡδῠ́σᾰρᾰ tà hēdúsara
Genitive	τοῦ ἡδῠσᾰ́ρου toû hēdusárou	τοῖν ἡδῠσᾰ́ροιν toîn hēdusároin	τῶν ἡδῠσᾰ́ρων tôn hēdusárōn
Dative	τῷ ἡδῠσᾰ́ρῳ tôi hēdusárōi	τοῖν ἡδῠσᾰ́ροιν toîn hēdusároin	τοῖς ἡδῠσᾰ́ροις toîs hēdusárois
Accusative	τὸ ἡδῠ́σᾰρον tò hēdúsaron	τὼ ἡδῠσᾰ́ρω tṑ hēdusárō	τᾰ̀ ἡδῠ́σᾰρᾰ tà hēdúsara
Vocative	ἡδῠ́σᾰρον hēdúsaron	ἡδῠσᾰ́ρω hēdusárō	ἡδῠ́σᾰρᾰ hēdúsara
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Hedysarum

Further reading

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