γήθυον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γήτειον (gḗteion), κητίον (kētíon)

Etymology

Due to the variations, probably from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ̌ː.tʰy.on/ → /ˈʝi.θy.on/ → /ˈʝi.θi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡɛ̌ː.tʰy.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe̝.tʰy.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.θy.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.θy.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.θi.on/

Noun

γήθῠον • (gḗthuon) n (genitive γηθύου); second declension

1. a kind of onion

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γήθῠον; τοῦ γηθῠ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γήθῠον tò gḗthuon	τὼ γηθῠ́ω tṑ gēthúō	τᾰ̀ γήθῠᾰ tà gḗthua
Genitive	τοῦ γηθῠ́ου toû gēthúou	τοῖν γηθῠ́οιν toîn gēthúoin	τῶν γηθῠ́ων tôn gēthúōn
Dative	τῷ γηθῠ́ῳ tôi gēthúōi	τοῖν γηθῠ́οιν toîn gēthúoin	τοῖς γηθῠ́οις toîs gēthúois
Accusative	τὸ γήθῠον tò gḗthuon	τὼ γηθῠ́ω tṑ gēthúō	τᾰ̀ γήθῠᾰ tà gḗthua
Vocative	γήθῠον gḗthuon	γηθῠ́ω gēthúō	γήθῠᾰ gḗthua
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γηθυλλίς (gēthullís)

Descendants

• Latin: gēthyum

Further reading

• “γήθυον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γήθυον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN