ὀθόννα
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
The word recalls ὀθόνη (othónē, “fine linen”), and hardly accidentally. According to Dioscorides it originates in Egypt, while according to Pliny it is Syrian. Either way, it is probably a Semitic word.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.tʰón.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈtʰon.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈθon.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈθon.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈθo.na/
Noun edit
ὀθόννᾰ • (othónna) f (genitive ὀθόννης); first declension
- greater celandine (Chelidonium majus)
- Synonyms: ἐλῠ́δρῐον (elúdrion), χελῑδόνῐον (khelīdónion)
- its juice, but also the juice of other plants
- kind of Egyptian stone
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὀθόννᾰ hē othónna |
τὼ ὀθόννᾱ tṑ othónnā |
αἱ ὀθόνναι hai othónnai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὀθόννης tês othónnēs |
τοῖν ὀθόνναιν toîn othónnain |
τῶν ὀθοννῶν tôn othonnôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὀθόννῃ têi othónnēi |
τοῖν ὀθόνναιν toîn othónnain |
ταῖς ὀθόνναις taîs othónnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὀθόννᾰν tḕn othónnan |
τὼ ὀθόννᾱ tṑ othónnā |
τᾱ̀ς ὀθόννᾱς tā̀s othónnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀθόννᾰ othónna |
ὀθόννᾱ othónnā |
ὀθόνναι othónnai | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “ὀθόννα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀθόννα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN