βούνιον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βουνός (bounós, “hill”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βούνῐον • (boúnion) n (genitive βουνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. (botany) earthnut, Bunium ferulaceum
    1. (οἶνος διὰ βουνίου) the aromatic wine of earthnuts
    2. vervain, Verbena officinalis
      • PMag. 3.333
      • Ps.-Dsc. 4.59
  2. diminutive of βουνός (bounós), hillock
    • Inschriften von Priene 42.41

Declension

Second declension of τὸ βούνῐον; τοῦ βουνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βούνῐον
tò boúnion 		τὼ βουνῐ́ω
tṑ bouníō 		τᾰ̀ βούνῐᾰ
tà boúnia
Genitive τοῦ βουνῐ́ου
toû bouníou 		τοῖν βουνῐ́οιν
toîn bouníoin 		τῶν βουνῐ́ων
tôn bouníōn
Dative τῷ βουνῐ́ῳ
tôi bouníōi 		τοῖν βουνῐ́οιν
toîn bouníoin 		τοῖς βουνῐ́οις
toîs bouníois
Accusative τὸ βούνῐον
tò boúnion 		τὼ βουνῐ́ω
tṑ bouníō 		τᾰ̀ βούνῐᾰ
tà boúnia
Vocative βούνῐον
boúnion 		βουνῐ́ω
bouníō 		βούνῐᾰ
boúnia
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Descendants

  • Latin: būnion

References

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