ἀδίαντον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neutral form of ἀδίαντος (adíantos, “not wet, dry”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.dí.an.ton/ → /aˈði.an.ton/ → /aˈði.an.don/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.dí.an.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈdi.an.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈði.an.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈði.an.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈði.an.don/

Noun

ἀδῐ́ᾰντον • (adíanton) n (genitive ἀδῐᾰ́ντου); second declension

1. maidenhair (Adiantum capillus-veneris)

   Synonym: πολύτριχον (polútrikhon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀδῐ́ᾰντον; τοῦ ἀδῐᾰ́ντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀδῐ́ᾰντον tò adíanton	τὼ ἀδῐᾰ́ντω tṑ adiántō	τᾰ̀ ἀδῐ́ᾰντᾰ tà adíanta
Genitive	τοῦ ἀδῐᾰ́ντου toû adiántou	τοῖν ἀδῐᾰ́ντοιν toîn adiántoin	τῶν ἀδῐᾰ́ντων tôn adiántōn
Dative	τῷ ἀδῐᾰ́ντῳ tôi adiántōi	τοῖν ἀδῐᾰ́ντοιν toîn adiántoin	τοῖς ἀδῐᾰ́ντοις toîs adiántois
Accusative	τὸ ἀδῐ́ᾰντον tò adíanton	τὼ ἀδῐᾰ́ντω tṑ adiántō	τᾰ̀ ἀδῐ́ᾰντᾰ tà adíanta
Vocative	ἀδῐ́ᾰντον adíanton	ἀδῐᾰ́ντω adiántō	ἀδῐ́ᾰντᾰ adíanta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: adiantum
  • → Translingual: Adiantum
• → Classical Syriac: ܐܕܝܢܛܘܢ (ʔadiyanṭōn), ܐܕܝܐܢܛܘܢ (ʔadiyanṭōn)

Further reading

• “ἀδίαντον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀδίαντον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀδίαντον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)