φρύγανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φρῡ́γω (phrū́gō, “to roast”) +‎ -ανον (-anon), as dry firewood was traditionally used to start fires and roast food.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰry̌ː.ɡa.non/ → /ˈɸry.ɣa.non/ → /ˈfri.ɣa.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰry̌ː.ɡa.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰry.ɡa.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸry.ɣa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfry.ɣa.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfri.ɣa.non/

Noun

φρῡ́γᾰνον • (phrū́ganon) n (genitive φρῡγάνου); second declension

1. dry stick, firewood

   Synonym: πῠ́ρδᾰλον (púrdalon)

2. undershrub

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φρῡ́γᾰνον; τοῦ φρῡγᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φρῡ́γᾰνον tò phrū́ganon	τὼ φρῡγᾰ́νω tṑ phrūgánō	τᾰ̀ φρῡ́γᾰνᾰ tà phrū́gana
Genitive	τοῦ φρῡγᾰ́νου toû phrūgánou	τοῖν φρῡγᾰ́νοιν toîn phrūgánoin	τῶν φρῡγᾰ́νων tôn phrūgánōn
Dative	τῷ φρῡγᾰ́νῳ tôi phrūgánōi	τοῖν φρῡγᾰ́νοιν toîn phrūgánoin	τοῖς φρῡγᾰ́νοις toîs phrūgánois
Accusative	τὸ φρῡ́γᾰνον tò phrū́ganon	τὼ φρῡγᾰ́νω tṑ phrūgánō	τᾰ̀ φρῡ́γᾰνᾰ tà phrū́gana
Vocative	φρῡ́γᾰνον phrū́ganon	φρῡγᾰ́νω phrūgánō	φρῡ́γᾰνᾰ phrū́gana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φρῡγανικός (phrūganikós)
• φρῡγάνιον (phrūgánion)
• φρυγανισμός (phruganismós)
• φρυγανοειδής (phruganoeidḗs)
• φρῡγανοφόρος (phrūganophóros)
• φρῡγανώδης (phrūganṓdēs)

 

Further reading

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