ψύλλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psýl.li.on/ → /ˈpsyl.li.on/ → /ˈpsi.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psýl.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyl.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyl.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyl.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.li.on/

Noun

ψῠ́λλῐον • (psúllion) n (genitive ψῠλλῐ́ου); second declension

1. fleawort (Plantago psyllium)

   Synonyms: βουκράνιον (boukránion), κρυστᾰ́λλῐον (krustállion), κυνοκέφαλον (kunoképhalon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον; τοῦ ψῠλλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον tò psúllion	τὼ ψῠλλῐ́ω tṑ psullíō	τᾰ̀ ψῠ́λλῐᾰ tà psúllia
Genitive	τοῦ ψῠλλῐ́ου toû psullíou	τοῖν ψῠλλῐ́οιν toîn psullíoin	τῶν ψῠλλῐ́ων tôn psullíōn
Dative	τῷ ψῠλλῐ́ῳ tôi psullíōi	τοῖν ψῠλλῐ́οιν toîn psullíoin	τοῖς ψῠλλῐ́οις toîs psullíois
Accusative	τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον tò psúllion	τὼ ψῠλλῐ́ω tṑ psullíō	τᾰ̀ ψῠ́λλῐᾰ tà psúllia
Vocative	ψῠ́λλῐον psúllion	ψῠλλῐ́ω psullíō	ψῠ́λλῐᾰ psúllia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: psyllium

Further reading

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