μηκώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.kɔ̌ː.ni.on/ → /miˈko.ni.on/ → /miˈko.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.kɔ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝ˈko.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈko.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈko.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈko.ni.on/

Noun

μηκώνῐον • (mēkṓnion) n (genitive μηκώνῐ́ου); second declension

1. opium
2. meconium, discharge from the bowels of new-born children

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μηκώνῐον; τοῦ μηκωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μηκώνῐον tò mēkṓnion	τὼ μηκωνῐ́ω tṑ mēkōníō	τᾰ̀ μηκώνῐᾰ tà mēkṓnia
Genitive	τοῦ μηκωνῐ́ου toû mēkōníou	τοῖν μηκωνῐ́οιν toîn mēkōníoin	τῶν μηκωνῐ́ων tôn mēkōníōn
Dative	τῷ μηκωνῐ́ῳ tôi mēkōníōi	τοῖν μηκωνῐ́οιν toîn mēkōníoin	τοῖς μηκωνῐ́οις toîs mēkōníois
Accusative	τὸ μηκώνῐον tò mēkṓnion	τὼ μηκωνῐ́ω tṑ mēkōníō	τᾰ̀ μηκώνῐᾰ tà mēkṓnia
Vocative	μηκώνῐον mēkṓnion	μηκωνῐ́ω mēkōníō	μηκώνῐᾰ mēkṓnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: mēcōnium

Further reading

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