σίλφιον
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably cognate with Latin sirpe.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /síl.pʰi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsil.pʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsil.ɸi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsil.fi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsil.fi.on/
Noun
σῐ́λφῐον • (sĭ́lphĭon) n (genitive σῐλφῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ σῐ́λφῐον tò sĭ́lphĭon |
τὼ σῐλφῐ́ω tṑ sĭlphĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σῐ́λφῐᾰ tằ sĭ́lphĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σῐλφῐ́ου toû sĭlphĭ́ou |
τοῖν σῐλφῐ́οιν toîn sĭlphĭ́oin |
τῶν σῐλφῐ́ων tôn sĭlphĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σῐλφῐ́ῳ tôi sĭlphĭ́ōi |
τοῖν σῐλφῐ́οιν toîn sĭlphĭ́oin |
τοῖς σῐλφῐ́οις toîs sĭlphĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σῐ́λφῐον tò sĭ́lphĭon |
τὼ σῐλφῐ́ω tṑ sĭlphĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σῐ́λφῐᾰ tằ sĭ́lphĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῐ́λφῐον sĭ́lphĭon |
σῐλφῐ́ω sĭlphĭ́ō |
σῐ́λφῐᾰ sĭ́lphĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σίλφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σίλφιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette