κορίαννον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κορίαμβλον (koríamblon), κορίανδρον (koríandron), κορίανον (koríanon)

Etymology

Szemerényi points to the comparison with Akkadian 𒌑𒄷𒌷𒌝 (^úḫurium; ḫuriʾānu), but this does not explain the -d- in Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀈𐀜 (ko-ri-ja-do-no /⁠koriʰadnon⁠/) / 𐀒𐀪𐁀𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-ha-da-na /⁠koriʰadna⁠/). Beekes supposes that the cluster -dn- implies a Pre-Greek origin and hypothesizes that *koriaⁿdro- may have been dissimilated from *koriaⁿdno-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.rí.an.non/ → /koˈri.an.non/ → /koˈri.a.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.rí.an.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈri.an.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈri.an.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈri.an.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈri.a.non/

Noun

κορῐ́ᾰννον • (koríannon) n (genitive κορῐᾰ́ννου); second declension

1. coriander (Coriandrum sativum)
2. ring worn on the forefinger

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κορῐ́ᾰννον; τοῦ κορῐᾰ́ννου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κορῐ́ᾰννον tò koríannon	τὼ κορῐᾰ́ννω tṑ koriánnō	τᾰ̀ κορῐ́ᾰννᾰ tà koríanna
Genitive	τοῦ κορῐᾰ́ννου toû koriánnou	τοῖν κορῐᾰ́ννοιν toîn koriánnoin	τῶν κορῐᾰ́ννων tôn koriánnōn
Dative	τῷ κορῐᾰ́ννῳ tôi koriánnōi	τοῖν κορῐᾰ́ννοιν toîn koriánnoin	τοῖς κορῐᾰ́ννοις toîs koriánnois
Accusative	τὸ κορῐ́ᾰννον tò koríannon	τὼ κορῐᾰ́ννω tṑ koriánnō	τᾰ̀ κορῐ́ᾰννᾰ tà koríanna
Vocative	κορῐ́ᾰννον koríannon	κορῐᾰ́ννω koriánnō	κορῐ́ᾰννᾰ koríanna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: coriandrum
• → Translingual: Coriandrum

Further reading

• “κορίαννον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κορίαννον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κορίαννον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κορίαννον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 754