ἀλεξιφάρμακον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος (alexiphármakos, “acting as antidote”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lek.si.pʰár.ma.kon/ → /a.lek.siˈɸar.ma.kon/ → /a.lek.siˈfar.ma.kon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lek.si.pʰár.ma.kon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.lek.siˈpʰar.ma.kon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.lek.siˈɸar.ma.kon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.lek.siˈfar.ma.kon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.lek.siˈfar.ma.kon/

Noun

ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον • (alexiphármakon) n (genitive ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κου); second declension

1. (medicine) antidote

   Synonyms: ἀλκτήρῐον (alktḗrion), ἀντῐ́δοτος (antídotos), θηρῐᾰκή (thēriakḗ)

2. charm, spell
3. (in general) remedy

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον; τοῦ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον tò alexiphármakon	τὼ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κω tṑ alexipharmákō	τᾰ̀ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκᾰ tà alexiphármaka
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κου toû alexipharmákou	τοῖν ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κοιν toîn alexipharmákoin	τῶν ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κων tôn alexipharmákōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κῳ tôi alexipharmákōi	τοῖν ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κοιν toîn alexipharmákoin	τοῖς ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κοις toîs alexipharmákois
Accusative	τὸ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον tò alexiphármakon	τὼ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κω tṑ alexipharmákō	τᾰ̀ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκᾰ tà alexiphármaka
Vocative	ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον alexiphármakon	ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κω alexipharmákō	ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκᾰ alexiphármaka
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀλεξιφάρμακον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλεξιφάρμακον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλεξιφάρμακον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)