σάμψουχον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Foreign word of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sámp.suː.kʰon/ → /ˈsamp.su.xon/ → /ˈsamp.su.xon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sámp.suː.kʰon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsamp.su.kʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsamp.su.xon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsamp.su.xon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsamp.su.xon/

Noun

σᾰ́μψουχον • (sámpsoukhon) n (genitive σᾰμψούχου); second declension

1. marjoram (Origanum majorana)

   Synonyms: ἀμάρακον (amárakon), κονίλη (konílē)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σᾰ́μψουχον; τοῦ σᾰμψούχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σᾰ́μψουχον tò sámpsoukhon	τὼ σᾰμψούχω tṑ sampsoúkhō	τᾰ̀ σᾰ́μψουχᾰ tà sámpsoukha
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰμψούχου toû sampsoúkhou	τοῖν σᾰμψούχοιν toîn sampsoúkhoin	τῶν σᾰμψούχων tôn sampsoúkhōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰμψούχῳ tôi sampsoúkhōi	τοῖν σᾰμψούχοιν toîn sampsoúkhoin	τοῖς σᾰμψούχοις toîs sampsoúkhois
Accusative	τὸ σᾰ́μψουχον tò sámpsoukhon	τὼ σᾰμψούχω tṑ sampsoúkhō	τᾰ̀ σᾰ́μψουχᾰ tà sámpsoukha
Vocative	σᾰ́μψουχον sámpsoukhon	σᾰμψούχω sampsoúkhō	σᾰ́μψουχᾰ sámpsoukha
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σᾰμψουχῐ́ζω (sampsoukhízō)
• σᾰμψούχῐνος (sampsoúkhinos)

 

Further reading

• “σάμψουχον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σάμψουχον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN