λάχανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λαχαίνω (lakhaínō, “to dig”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.kʰa.non/ → /ˈla.xa.non/ → /ˈla.xa.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.kʰa.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kʰa.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.xa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.xa.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.xa.non/

Noun

λάχᾰνον • (lákhanon) n (genitive λᾰχάνου); second declension

1. garden herb, opposite to wild plants
2. (in the plural) vegetables
3. (in the plural) vegetable market

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λᾰ́χᾰνον; τοῦ λᾰχᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λᾰ́χᾰνον tò lákhanon	τὼ λᾰχᾰ́νω tṑ lakhánō	τᾰ̀ λᾰ́χᾰνᾰ tà lákhana
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰχᾰ́νου toû lakhánou	τοῖν λᾰχᾰ́νοιν toîn lakhánoin	τῶν λᾰχᾰ́νων tôn lakhánōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰχᾰ́νῳ tôi lakhánōi	τοῖν λᾰχᾰ́νοιν toîn lakhánoin	τοῖς λᾰχᾰ́νοις toîs lakhánois
Accusative	τὸ λᾰ́χᾰνον tò lákhanon	τὼ λᾰχᾰ́νω tṑ lakhánō	τᾰ̀ λᾰ́χᾰνᾰ tà lákhana
Vocative	λᾰ́χᾰνον lákhanon	λᾰχᾰ́νω lakhánō	λᾰ́χᾰνᾰ lákhana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λαχανάριον (lakhanárion)
• λαχανᾶς (lakhanâs)
• λαχανεία (lakhaneía)
• λαχανεύς (lakhaneús)
• λαχανεύω (lakhaneúō)
• λαχανηρός (lakhanērós)
• λαχανιά (lakhaniá)
• λαχανίδιον (lakhanídion)
• λαχανίζω (lakhanízō)
• λαχανικός (lakhanikós)
• λαχάνιον (lakhánion)
• λαχανοειδής (lakhanoeidḗs)
• λαχανοθήκη (lakhanothḗkē)
• λαχανοπώλης (lakhanopṓlēs)
• λαχανώδης (lakhanṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: λάχανο (láchano)
• Albanian: lakër

Further reading

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