βούνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βουνός (bounós, “hill”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.ni.on/ → /ˈβu.ni.on/ → /ˈvu.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.ni.on/

Noun

βούνῐον • (boúnion) n (genitive βουνῐ́ου); second declension

1. (botany) earthnut, Bunium ferulaceum
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 11.775
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 4.123
   1. (οἶνος διὰ βουνίου) the aromatic wine of earthnuts
      • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 5.46
   2. vervain, Verbena officinalis
      • PMag. 3.333
      • Ps.-Dsc. 4.59
2. Diminutive of βουνός (bounós), hillock
   • Inschriften von Priene 42.41

Declension

Second declension of τὸ βούνῐον; τοῦ βουνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βούνῐον tò boúnion	τὼ βουνῐ́ω tṑ bouníō	τᾰ̀ βούνῐᾰ tà boúnia
Genitive	τοῦ βουνῐ́ου toû bouníou	τοῖν βουνῐ́οιν toîn bouníoin	τῶν βουνῐ́ων tôn bouníōn
Dative	τῷ βουνῐ́ῳ tôi bouníōi	τοῖν βουνῐ́οιν toîn bouníoin	τοῖς βουνῐ́οις toîs bouníois
Accusative	τὸ βούνῐον tò boúnion	τὼ βουνῐ́ω tṑ bouníō	τᾰ̀ βούνῐᾰ tà boúnia
Vocative	βούνῐον boúnion	βουνῐ́ω bouníō	βούνῐᾰ boúnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (vervain): περιστερεών (peristereṓn)

Derived terms

• ψευδοβούνιον (pseudoboúnion)

Descendants

• Latin: būnion
  • Translingual: Bunium

References

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