χελιδόνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χελιδών (khelidṓn, “swallow”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰe.liː.dó.ni.on/ → /çe.liˈðo.ni.on/ → /çe.liˈðo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰe.liː.dó.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰe.liˈdo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çe.liˈðo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çe.liˈðo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çe.liˈðo.ni.on/

Noun

χελῑδόνῐον • (khelīdónion) n (genitive χελῑδονῐ́ου); second declension

1. greater celandine (Chelidonium majus)

   Synonyms: ἐλῠ́δρῐον (elúdrion), ὀθόννᾰ (othónna)

2. young swallow

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χελῑδόνῐον; τοῦ χελῑδονῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χελῑδόνῐον tò khelīdónion	τὼ χελῑδονῐ́ω tṑ khelīdoníō	τᾰ̀ χελῑδόνῐᾰ tà khelīdónia
Genitive	τοῦ χελῑδονῐ́ου toû khelīdoníou	τοῖν χελῑδονῐ́οιν toîn khelīdoníoin	τῶν χελῑδονῐ́ων tôn khelīdoníōn
Dative	τῷ χελῑδονῐ́ῳ tôi khelīdoníōi	τοῖν χελῑδονῐ́οιν toîn khelīdoníoin	τοῖς χελῑδονῐ́οις toîs khelīdoníois
Accusative	τὸ χελῑδόνῐον tò khelīdónion	τὼ χελῑδονῐ́ω tṑ khelīdoníō	τᾰ̀ χελῑδόνῐᾰ tà khelīdónia
Vocative	χελῑδόνῐον khelīdónion	χελῑδονῐ́ω khelīdoníō	χελῑδόνῐᾰ khelīdónia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: χελιδόνι (chelidóni)
• Pontic Greek: χ̌ελιδόνιν (šelidónin), χ̌ελιδόν' (šelidón'), χ̌ελιδόνι (šelidóni)
  • Laz: მშირიდონი (mşiridoni), შკელიდონი (şǩelidoni), შილიდონი (şilidoni); შკირდონი (şǩirdoni)
• → Translingual: Chelidonium

Further reading

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