ἑρμοδάκτυλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἑρμῆς (Hermês, “Hermes”) +‎ δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /her.mo.dák.ty.lon/ → /er.moˈðak.ty.lon/ → /er.moˈðak.ti.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /her.mo.dák.ty.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)er.moˈdak.ty.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /er.moˈðak.ty.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /er.moˈðak.ty.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /er.moˈðak.ti.lon/

Noun

ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλον • (hermodáktulon) n (genitive ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λου); second declension

1. autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale)
2. another kind of colchicum (Colchicum luteum)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλον; τοῦ ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλον tò hermodáktulon	τὼ ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λω tṑ hermodaktúlō	τᾰ̀ ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ tà hermodáktula
Genitive	τοῦ ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λου toû hermodaktúlou	τοῖν ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λοιν toîn hermodaktúloin	τῶν ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λων tôn hermodaktúlōn
Dative	τῷ ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λῳ tôi hermodaktúlōi	τοῖν ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λοιν toîn hermodaktúloin	τοῖς ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λοις toîs hermodaktúlois
Accusative	τὸ ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλον tò hermodáktulon	τὼ ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λω tṑ hermodaktúlō	τᾰ̀ ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ tà hermodáktula
Vocative	ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλον hermodáktulon	ἑρμοδᾰκτῠ́λω hermodaktúlō	ἑρμοδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ hermodáktula
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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