ἐρυσίσκηπτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρεύθω (ereúthō, “make red”) +‎ σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, baton, sceptre”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ry.sís.kɛːp.tron/ → /e.ryˈsis.cip.tron/ → /e.riˈsis.cip.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ry.sís.kɛːp.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsis.ke̝p.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsis.cip.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsis.cip.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈsis.cip.tron/

Noun

ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρον • (erusískēptron) n (genitive ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρου); second declension

1. camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum)

   Synonym: ἀσπᾰ́λᾰθος (aspálathos)

2. winter thorn (Faidherbia albida)

   Synonym: ἄκᾰνθᾰ λευκή (ákantha leukḗ)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρον; τοῦ ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρον tò erusískēptron	τὼ ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρω tṑ erusiskḗptrō	τᾰ̀ ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρᾰ tà erusískēptra
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρου toû erusiskḗptrou	τοῖν ἐρῠσῐσκήπτροιν toîn erusiskḗptroin	τῶν ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρων tôn erusiskḗptrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρῳ tôi erusiskḗptrōi	τοῖν ἐρῠσῐσκήπτροιν toîn erusiskḗptroin	τοῖς ἐρῠσῐσκήπτροις toîs erusiskḗptrois
Accusative	τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρον tò erusískēptron	τὼ ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρω tṑ erusiskḗptrō	τᾰ̀ ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρᾰ tà erusískēptra
Vocative	ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρον erusískēptron	ἐρῠσῐσκήπτρω erusiskḗptrō	ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρᾰ erusískēptra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐρυσίσκηπτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐρυσίσκηπτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette