ὑακίνθινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “hyacinth”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.a.kín.tʰi.nos/ → /y.aˈcin.θi.nos/ → /i.aˈcin.θi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.a.kín.tʰi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.aˈkin.tʰi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.aˈcin.θi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.aˈcin.θi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.aˈcin.θi.nos/

Adjective

ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνος • (huakínthinos) m (feminine ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νη, neuter ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνον); first/second declension

1. hyacinthine, blue

Inflection

First and second declension of ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνος; ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νη; ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνος huakínthinos	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νη huakinthínē	ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνον huakínthinon		ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νω huakinthínō	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νᾱ huakinthínā	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νω huakinthínō		ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνοι huakínthinoi	ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐναι huakínthinai	ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνᾰ huakínthina
Genitive		ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νου huakinthínou	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νης huakinthínēs	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νου huakinthínou		ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νοιν huakinthínoin	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́ναιν huakinthínain	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νοιν huakinthínoin		ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νων huakinthínōn	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νων huakinthínōn	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νων huakinthínōn
Dative		ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νῳ huakinthínōi	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νῃ huakinthínēi	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νῳ huakinthínōi		ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νοιν huakinthínoin	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́ναιν huakinthínain	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νοιν huakinthínoin		ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νοις huakinthínois	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́ναις huakinthínais	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νοις huakinthínois
Accusative		ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνον huakínthinon	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νην huakinthínēn	ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνον huakínthinon		ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νω huakinthínō	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νᾱ huakinthínā	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νω huakinthínō		ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νους huakinthínous	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νᾱς huakinthínās	ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνᾰ huakínthina
Vocative		ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνε huakínthine	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νη huakinthínē	ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνον huakínthinon		ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νω huakinthínō	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νᾱ huakinthínā	ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νω huakinthínō		ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνοι huakínthinoi	ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐναι huakínthinai	ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνᾰ huakínthina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὑᾰκῐνθῐ́νως huakinthínōs				ὑᾰκῐνθῐνώτερος huakinthinṓteros				ὑᾰκῐνθῐνώτᾰτος huakinthinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: hyacinthinus

Further reading

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