νίνον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νίνος (nínos)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ní.non/ → /ˈni.non/ → /ˈni.non/

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

Noun

νῐ́νον • (nínon) n (genitive νῐ́νου); second declension

1. another name of the plant ἑλένιον (helénion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ νῐ́νον; τοῦ νῐ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νῐ́νον tò nínon	τὼ νῐ́νω tṑ nínō	τᾰ̀ νῐ́νᾰ tà nína
Genitive	τοῦ νῐ́νου toû nínou	τοῖν νῐ́νοιν toîn nínoin	τῶν νῐ́νων tôn nínōn
Dative	τῷ νῐ́νῳ tôi nínōi	τοῖν νῐ́νοιν toîn nínoin	τοῖς νῐ́νοις toîs nínois
Accusative	τὸ νῐ́νον tò nínon	τὼ νῐ́νω tṑ nínō	τᾰ̀ νῐ́νᾰ tà nína
Vocative	νῐ́νον nínon	νῐ́νω nínō	νῐ́νᾰ nína
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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