ὀροβάγχη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• (Hesychius) ὀροβάκχη (orobákkhē)

Etymology

From ὄροβος (órobos, “bitter vetch”) +‎ ἄγχω (ánkhō, “I strangle”) +‎ -η (-ē, suffix forming action nouns).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.ro.báŋ.kʰɛː/ → /o.roˈβaɲ.çi/ → /o.roˈvaɲ.çi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.ro.báŋ.kʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.roˈbaŋ.kʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.roˈβaɲ.çi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.roˈvaɲ.çi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.roˈvaɲ.çi/

Noun

ὀροβάγχη • (orobánkhē) f (genitive ὀροβάγχης); first declension

1. greater dodder (Cuscuta europaea)
2. A broomrape, perhaps bean broomrape (Orobanche crenata)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀροβάγχη; τῆς ὀροβάγχης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀροβάγχη hē orobánkhē	τὼ ὀροβάγχᾱ tṑ orobánkhā	αἱ ὀροβάγχαι hai orobánkhai
Genitive	τῆς ὀροβάγχης tês orobánkhēs	τοῖν ὀροβάγχαιν toîn orobánkhain	τῶν ὀροβαγχῶν tôn orobankhôn
Dative	τῇ ὀροβάγχῃ têi orobánkhēi	τοῖν ὀροβάγχαιν toîn orobánkhain	ταῖς ὀροβάγχαις taîs orobánkhais
Accusative	τὴν ὀροβάγχην tḕn orobánkhēn	τὼ ὀροβάγχᾱ tṑ orobánkhā	τᾱ̀ς ὀροβάγχᾱς tā̀s orobánkhās
Vocative	ὀροβάγχη orobánkhē	ὀροβάγχᾱ orobánkhā	ὀροβάγχαι orobánkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: orobanchē
  • → Translingual: Orobanche

Further reading

• “ὀροβάγχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press