πολύνευρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολῠ- (polu-, “much”) +‎ νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, nerve”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.neu̯.ron/ → /poˈly.ne.βron/ → /poˈli.ne.vron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.neu̯.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.new.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ne.βron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ne.vron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.ne.vron/

Noun

πολῠ́νευρον • (polúneuron) n (genitive πολῠνεύρου); second declension

1. greater plantain (Plantago major)

   Synonym: ἀρνόγλωσσον (arnóglōsson)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πολῠ́νευρον; τοῦ πολῠνεύρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολῠ́νευρον tò polúneuron	τὼ πολῠνεύρω tṑ poluneúrō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́νευρᾰ tà polúneura
Genitive	τοῦ πολῠνεύρου toû poluneúrou	τοῖν πολῠνεύροιν toîn poluneúroin	τῶν πολῠνεύρων tôn poluneúrōn
Dative	τῷ πολῠνεύρῳ tôi poluneúrōi	τοῖν πολῠνεύροιν toîn poluneúroin	τοῖς πολῠνεύροις toîs poluneúrois
Accusative	τὸ πολῠ́νευρον tò polúneuron	τὼ πολῠνεύρω tṑ poluneúrō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́νευρᾰ tà polúneura
Vocative	πολῠ́νευρον polúneuron	πολῠνεύρω poluneúrō	πολῠ́νευρᾰ polúneura
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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