ἡλιοτρόπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) +‎ τρέπω (trépō, “to turn”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.li.o.tró.pi.on/ → /i.li.oˈtro.pi.on/ → /i.li.oˈtro.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.li.o.tró.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.li.oˈtro.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.li.oˈtro.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.li.oˈtro.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.li.oˈtro.pi.on/

Noun

ἡλῐοτρόπῐον • (hēliotrópion) n (genitive ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ου); second declension

1. heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum)

   Synonym: σκορπῐ́ουρον (skorpíouron)

2. sundial, solar clock
3. bloodstone, a green stone streaked with red

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἡλῐοτρόπῐον; τοῦ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡλῐοτρόπῐον tò hēliotrópion	τὼ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ω tṑ hēliotropíō	τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοτρόπῐᾰ tà hēliotrópia
Genitive	τοῦ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ου toû hēliotropíou	τοῖν ἡλῐοτροπῐ́οιν toîn hēliotropíoin	τῶν ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ων tôn hēliotropíōn
Dative	τῷ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ῳ tôi hēliotropíōi	τοῖν ἡλῐοτροπῐ́οιν toîn hēliotropíoin	τοῖς ἡλῐοτροπῐ́οις toîs hēliotropíois
Accusative	τὸ ἡλῐοτρόπῐον tò hēliotrópion	τὼ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ω tṑ hēliotropíō	τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοτρόπῐᾰ tà hēliotrópia
Vocative	ἡλῐοτρόπῐον hēliotrópion	ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ω hēliotropíō	ἡλῐοτρόπῐᾰ hēliotrópia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópio)
• → Latin: hēliotropium
  • → Translingual: Heliotropium

Further reading

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