ψύλλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψῠ́λλᾰ (psŭ́llă, “flea”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psýl.li.on/ → /ˈpsyl.li.on/ → /ˈpsi.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psýl.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyl.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyl.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyl.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.li.on/

Noun

ψῠ́λλῐον • (psŭ́llĭon) n (genitive ψῠλλῐ́ου); second declension

1. fleawort (Plantago psyllium)

   Synonyms: βουκράνιον (boukránion), κρυστᾰ́λλῐον (krustắllĭon), κυνοκέφαλον (kunoképhalon)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον; τοῦ ψῠλλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον tò psŭ́llĭon	τὼ ψῠλλῐ́ω tṑ psŭllĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ψῠ́λλῐᾰ tằ psŭ́llĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ψῠλλῐ́ου toû psŭllĭ́ou	τοῖν ψῠλλῐ́οιν toîn psŭllĭ́oin	τῶν ψῠλλῐ́ων tôn psŭllĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ψῠλλῐ́ῳ tōî psŭllĭ́ōi	τοῖν ψῠλλῐ́οιν toîn psŭllĭ́oin	τοῖς ψῠλλῐ́οις toîs psŭllĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ψῠ́λλῐον tò psŭ́llĭon	τὼ ψῠλλῐ́ω tṑ psŭllĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ψῠ́λλῐᾰ tằ psŭ́llĭă
Vocative	ψῠ́λλῐον psŭ́llĭon	ψῠλλῐ́ω psŭllĭ́ō	ψῠ́λλῐᾰ psŭ́llĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: psyllium

Further reading

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