The formation is like σέλινον (sélinon) and κύμινον (kúminon). It has originally been connected with ὅρμος (hórmos) and ὁρμή (hormḗ), but Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.
ὅρμῑνον • (hórmīnon) n (genitive ὁρμῑ́νου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ ὅρμῑνον tò hórmīnon |
τὼ ὁρμῑ́νω tṑ hormī́nō |
τᾰ̀ ὅρμῑνᾰ tằ hórmīnă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὁρμῑ́νου toû hormī́nou |
τοῖν ὁρμῑ́νοιν toîn hormī́noin |
τῶν ὁρμῑ́νων tôn hormī́nōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὁρμῑ́νῳ tôi hormī́nōi |
τοῖν ὁρμῑ́νοιν toîn hormī́noin |
τοῖς ὁρμῑ́νοις toîs hormī́nois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὅρμῑνον tò hórmīnon |
τὼ ὁρμῑ́νω tṑ hormī́nō |
τᾰ̀ ὅρμῑνᾰ tằ hórmīnă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὅρμῑνον hórmīnon |
ὁρμῑ́νω hormī́nō |
ὅρμῑνᾰ hórmīnă | ||||||||||
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