καλλιπέταλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καλλι- (kalli-, “beautiful”) +‎ πέταλον (pétalon, “petal”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kal.li.pé.ta.lon/ → /kal.liˈpe.ta.lon/ → /ka.liˈpe.ta.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kal.li.pé.ta.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kal.liˈpe.ta.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kal.liˈpe.ta.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kal.liˈpe.ta.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈpe.ta.lon/

Noun

κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον • (kallipétalon) n (genitive κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λου); second declension

1. creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)

   Synonyms: πεντᾰ́φῠλλον (pentáphullon), ψευδοσέλῑνον (pseudosélīnon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον; τοῦ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον tò kallipétalon	τὼ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λω tṑ kallipetálō	τᾰ̀ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλᾰ tà kallipétala
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λου toû kallipetálou	τοῖν κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λοιν toîn kallipetáloin	τῶν κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λων tôn kallipetálōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λῳ tôi kallipetálōi	τοῖν κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λοιν toîn kallipetáloin	τοῖς κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λοις toîs kallipetálois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον tò kallipétalon	τὼ κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λω tṑ kallipetálō	τᾰ̀ κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλᾰ tà kallipétala
Vocative	κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον kallipétalon	κᾰλλῐπετᾰ́λω kallipetálō	κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλᾰ kallipétala
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: callipetalon

Further reading

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