ἐλατήριον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ἐλατήριος (elatḗrios, “driving away”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐλᾰτήρῐον • (elătḗrĭon) n (genitive ἐλᾰτηρῐ́ου); second declension

  1. squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)
    Synonyms: σίκυς άγριος m (síkus ágrios), βουβάλιον n (boubálion), νότιον n (nótion), φέρομβρον n (phérombron), βάλλις f (bállis), σκόπιον n (skópion), γρῦνον n (grûnon), πευκέδανον n (peukédanon), σκόρπιον n (skórpion)
  2. the drug prepared from the squirting cucumber

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐλᾰτήρῐον; τοῦ ἐλᾰτηρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἐλᾰτήρῐον
tò elătḗrĭon 		τὼ ἐλᾰτηρῐ́ω
tṑ elătērĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἐλᾰτήρῐᾰ
tằ elătḗrĭă
Genitive τοῦ ἐλᾰτηρῐ́ου
toû elătērĭ́ou 		τοῖν ἐλᾰτηρῐ́οιν
toîn elătērĭ́oin 		τῶν ἐλᾰτηρῐ́ων
tôn elătērĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ἐλᾰτηρῐ́ῳ
tôi elătērĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ἐλᾰτηρῐ́οιν
toîn elătērĭ́oin 		τοῖς ἐλᾰτηρῐ́οις
toîs elătērĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ἐλᾰτήρῐον
tò elătḗrĭon 		τὼ ἐλᾰτηρῐ́ω
tṑ elătērĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἐλᾰτήρῐᾰ
tằ elătḗrĭă
Vocative ἐλᾰτήρῐον
elătḗrĭon 		ἐλᾰτηρῐ́ω
elătērĭ́ō 		ἐλᾰτήρῐᾰ
elătḗrĭă
Notes:

Descendants

  • → Latin: elatērium

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