ἡλιοσκόπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) +‎ σκοπέω (skopéō, “to watch”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.li.os.kó.pi.on/ → /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/ → /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.li.os.kó.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.li.osˈko.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/

Noun

ἡλῐοσκόπῐον • (hēlioskópion) n (genitive ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ου); second declension

1. sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἡλῐοσκόπῐον; τοῦ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡλῐοσκόπῐον tò hēlioskópion	τὼ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ω tṑ hēlioskopíō	τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοσκόπῐᾰ tà hēlioskópia
Genitive	τοῦ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ου toû hēlioskopíou	τοῖν ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́οιν toîn hēlioskopíoin	τῶν ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ων tôn hēlioskopíōn
Dative	τῷ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ῳ tôi hēlioskopíōi	τοῖν ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́οιν toîn hēlioskopíoin	τοῖς ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́οις toîs hēlioskopíois
Accusative	τὸ ἡλῐοσκόπῐον tò hēlioskópion	τὼ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ω tṑ hēlioskopíō	τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοσκόπῐᾰ tà hēlioskópia
Vocative	ἡλῐοσκόπῐον hēlioskópion	ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ω hēlioskopíō	ἡλῐοσκόπῐᾰ hēlioskópia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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