γεντιανή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

γεντιάς (gentiás)

Etymology

According to Pedanius Dioscorides, the plant is named after the Illyrian king Gentius, which has been associated with the fact that the plant was prominent in the Alps.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡen.ti.aː.nɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡen.ti.aˈne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝen.ti.aˈni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝen.ti.aˈni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝen.di.aˈni/

Proper noun

γεντῐᾱνή • (gentĭānḗ) f (genitive γεντῐᾱνῆς); first declension

gentian (plant of the genus Gentiana)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γεντῐᾱνή; τῆς γεντῐᾱνῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γεντῐᾱνή hē gentĭānḗ	τὼ γεντῐᾱνᾱ́ tṑ gentĭānā́	αἱ γεντῐᾱναί hai gentĭānaí
Genitive	τῆς γεντῐᾱνῆς tês gentĭānês	τοῖν γεντῐᾱναῖν toîn gentĭānaîn	τῶν γεντῐᾱνῶν tôn gentĭānôn
Dative	τῇ γεντῐᾱνῇ têi gentĭānêi	τοῖν γεντῐᾱναῖν toîn gentĭānaîn	ταῖς γεντῐᾱναῖς taîs gentĭānaîs
Accusative	τὴν γεντῐᾱνήν tḕn gentĭānḗn	τὼ γεντῐᾱνᾱ́ tṑ gentĭānā́	τᾱ̀ς γεντῐᾱνᾱ́ς tā̀s gentĭānā́s
Vocative	γεντῐᾱνή gentĭānḗ	γεντῐᾱνᾱ́ gentĭānā́	γεντῐᾱναί gentĭānaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Classical Syriac: ܓܢܛܝܢܐ (genṭyānā)
- → Arabic: جَنْطِيَانَا (janṭiyānā)
  - → Middle Armenian: ջանդիան (ǰandian), ջանդիանէ (ǰandianē), ճինտիանէ (čintianē)
  - → Persian: جنطیانا
  - → Ottoman Turkish: جنطیانا (centiyana)
    - Turkish: centiyana
→ Latin: gentiāna
- → Translingual: Gentiana

References

“γεντιανή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
γεντιανή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γεντιανή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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