ἡλιόφυτον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) +‎ φυτόν (phutón, “plant”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.li.ó.pʰy.ton/ → /i.liˈo.ɸy.ton/ → /i.liˈo.fi.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.li.ó.pʰy.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.liˈo.pʰy.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.liˈo.ɸy.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.liˈo.fy.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.liˈo.fi.ton/

Noun

ἡλῐόφῠτον • (hēlióphuton) n (genitive ἡλῐοφῠ́του); second declension

1. rough bindweed (Smilax aspera)

   Synonym: σμῖλαξ (smîlax)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἡλῐόφῠτον; τοῦ ἡλῐοφῠ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡλῐόφῠτον tò hēlióphuton	τὼ ἡλῐοφῠ́τω tṑ hēliophútō	τᾰ̀ ἡλῐόφῠτᾰ tà hēlióphuta
Genitive	τοῦ ἡλῐοφῠ́του toû hēliophútou	τοῖν ἡλῐοφῠ́τοιν toîn hēliophútoin	τῶν ἡλῐοφῠ́των tôn hēliophútōn
Dative	τῷ ἡλῐοφῠ́τῳ tôi hēliophútōi	τοῖν ἡλῐοφῠ́τοιν toîn hēliophútoin	τοῖς ἡλῐοφῠ́τοις toîs hēliophútois
Accusative	τὸ ἡλῐόφῠτον tò hēlióphuton	τὼ ἡλῐοφῠ́τω tṑ hēliophútō	τᾰ̀ ἡλῐόφῠτᾰ tà hēlióphuta
Vocative	ἡλῐόφῠτον hēlióphuton	ἡλῐοφῠ́τω hēliophútō	ἡλῐόφῠτᾰ hēlióphuta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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