ἡλιοτρόπιον
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + τρέπω (trépō, “to turn”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.li.o.tró.pi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝.li.oˈtro.pi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.li.oˈtro.pi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.li.oˈtro.pi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.li.oˈtro.pi.on/
Noun
[edit]ἡλῐοτρόπῐον • (hēliotrópion) n (genitive ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ου); second declension
- heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum)
- Synonym: σκορπῐ́ουρον (skorpíouron)
- sundial, solar clock
- bloodstone, a green stone streaked with red
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἡλῐοτρόπῐον tò hēliotrópion |
τὼ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ω tṑ hēliotropíō |
τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοτρόπῐᾰ tà hēliotrópia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ου toû hēliotropíou |
τοῖν ἡλῐοτροπῐ́οιν toîn hēliotropíoin |
τῶν ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ων tôn hēliotropíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ῳ tôi hēliotropíōi |
τοῖν ἡλῐοτροπῐ́οιν toîn hēliotropíoin |
τοῖς ἡλῐοτροπῐ́οις toîs hēliotropíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἡλῐοτρόπῐον tò hēliotrópion |
τὼ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ω tṑ hēliotropíō |
τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοτρόπῐᾰ tà hēliotrópia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἡλῐοτρόπῐον hēliotrópion |
ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ω hēliotropíō |
ἡλῐοτρόπῐᾰ hēliotrópia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- Greek: ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópio)
- → Latin: hēliotropium
- → Translingual: Heliotropium
Further reading
[edit]- “ἡλιοτρόπιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἡλιοτρόπιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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