λεοντοπόδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέων (léōn, “lion”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.on.to.pó.di.on/ → /le.on.toˈpo.ði.on/ → /le.on.doˈpo.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.on.to.pó.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.on.toˈpo.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.on.toˈpo.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.on.toˈpo.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.on.doˈpo.ði.on/

Noun

λεοντοπόδῐον • (leontopódion) n (genitive λεοντοποδῐ́ου); second declension

1. edelweiss (plant of the genus Leontopodium)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λεοντοπόδῐον; τοῦ λεοντοποδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λεοντοπόδῐον tò leontopódion	τὼ λεοντοποδῐ́ω tṑ leontopodíō	τᾰ̀ λεοντοπόδῐᾰ tà leontopódia
Genitive	τοῦ λεοντοποδῐ́ου toû leontopodíou	τοῖν λεοντοποδῐ́οιν toîn leontopodíoin	τῶν λεοντοποδῐ́ων tôn leontopodíōn
Dative	τῷ λεοντοποδῐ́ῳ tôi leontopodíōi	τοῖν λεοντοποδῐ́οιν toîn leontopodíoin	τοῖς λεοντοποδῐ́οις toîs leontopodíois
Accusative	τὸ λεοντοπόδῐον tò leontopódion	τὼ λεοντοποδῐ́ω tṑ leontopodíō	τᾰ̀ λεοντοπόδῐᾰ tà leontopódia
Vocative	λεοντοπόδῐον leontopódion	λεοντοποδῐ́ω leontopodíō	λεοντοπόδῐᾰ leontopódia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Leontopodium

References

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