λάχανον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of Pre-Greek origin, as suggested by the suffix -ανον. The denominative simplex λαχαίνω (lakhaínō, “to dig”), which has only late attestations, is probably a back-formation from compounded forms.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λᾰ́χᾰνον • (lắkhănon) n (genitive λᾰχᾰ́νου); second declension

  1. garden herb, opposite to wild plants
  2. (in the plural) vegetables
  3. (in the plural) vegetable market

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λᾰ́χᾰνον; τοῦ λᾰχᾰ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ λᾰ́χᾰνον
tò lắkhănon 		τὼ λᾰχᾰ́νω
tṑ lăkhắnō 		τᾰ̀ λᾰ́χᾰνᾰ
tằ lắkhănă
Genitive τοῦ λᾰχᾰ́νου
toû lăkhắnou 		τοῖν λᾰχᾰ́νοιν
toîn lăkhắnoin 		τῶν λᾰχᾰ́νων
tôn lăkhắnōn
Dative τῷ λᾰχᾰ́νῳ
tôi lăkhắnōi 		τοῖν λᾰχᾰ́νοιν
toîn lăkhắnoin 		τοῖς λᾰχᾰ́νοις
toîs lăkhắnois
Accusative τὸ λᾰ́χᾰνον
tò lắkhănon 		τὼ λᾰχᾰ́νω
tṑ lăkhắnō 		τᾰ̀ λᾰ́χᾰνᾰ
tằ lắkhănă
Vocative λᾰ́χᾰνον
lắkhănon 		λᾰχᾰ́νω
lăkhắnō 		λᾰ́χᾰνᾰ
lắkhănă
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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λαχαίνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 839

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