ἐριόξυλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔριον (érion, “wool”) and ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ri.ók.sy.lon/ → /e.riˈok.sy.lon/ → /e.riˈok.si.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ri.ók.sy.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.riˈok.sy.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈok.sy.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈok.sy.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈok.si.lon/

Noun

ἐρῐόξῠλον • (erióxulon) n (genitive ἐρῐοξύλου); second declension

1. cotton

   Synonyms: βάμβαξ (bámbax), γοσσύπιον (gossúpion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐρῐόξῠλον; τοῦ ἐρῐοξῠ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐρῐόξῠλον tò erióxulon	τὼ ἐρῐοξῠ́λω tṑ erioxúlō	τᾰ̀ ἐρῐόξῠλᾰ tà erióxula
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῐοξῠ́λου toû erioxúlou	τοῖν ἐρῐοξῠ́λοιν toîn erioxúloin	τῶν ἐρῐοξῠ́λων tôn erioxúlōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῐοξῠ́λῳ tôi erioxúlōi	τοῖν ἐρῐοξῠ́λοιν toîn erioxúloin	τοῖς ἐρῐοξῠ́λοις toîs erioxúlois
Accusative	τὸ ἐρῐόξῠλον tò erióxulon	τὼ ἐρῐοξῠ́λω tṑ erioxúlō	τᾰ̀ ἐρῐόξῠλᾰ tà erióxula
Vocative	ἐρῐόξῠλον erióxulon	ἐρῐοξῠ́λω erioxúlō	ἐρῐόξῠλᾰ erióxula
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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