μελισσόφυλλον
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From μέλισσα (mélissa, “honey bee”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.lis.só.pʰyl.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.lisˈso.pʰyl.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.lisˈso.ɸyl.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.lisˈso.fyl.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.liˈso.fi.lon/
Noun
[edit]μελῐσσόφῠλλον • (melissóphullon) n (genitive μελῐσσοφῠ́λλου); second declension
- lemon balm (Melissa officinalis)
- Synonym: μελισσοβότανον (melissobótanon)
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μελῐσσόφῠλλον tò melissóphullon |
τὼ μελῐσσοφῠ́λλω tṑ melissophúllō |
τᾰ̀ μελῐσσόφῠλλᾰ tà melissóphulla | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μελῐσσοφῠ́λλου toû melissophúllou |
τοῖν μελῐσσοφῠ́λλοιν toîn melissophúlloin |
τῶν μελῐσσοφῠ́λλων tôn melissophúllōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μελῐσσοφῠ́λλῳ tôi melissophúllōi |
τοῖν μελῐσσοφῠ́λλοιν toîn melissophúlloin |
τοῖς μελῐσσοφῠ́λλοις toîs melissophúllois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μελῐσσόφῠλλον tò melissóphullon |
τὼ μελῐσσοφῠ́λλω tṑ melissophúllō |
τᾰ̀ μελῐσσόφῠλλᾰ tà melissóphulla | ||||||||||
Vocative | μελῐσσόφῠλλον melissóphullon |
μελῐσσοφῠ́λλω melissophúllō |
μελῐσσόφῠλλᾰ melissóphulla | ||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “μελισσόφυλλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μελισσόφυλλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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