ἀρκόφθαλμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄρκος (árkos, “bear”) +‎ ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kópʰ.tʰal.mon/ → /arˈkoɸ.θal.mon/ → /arˈkof.θal.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kópʰ.tʰal.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈkopʰ.tʰal.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈkoɸ.θal.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈkof.θal.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈkof.θal.mon/

Noun

ἀρκόφθᾰλμον • (arkóphthalmon) n (genitive ἀρκοφθᾰ́λμου); second declension

1. black turnip (Bongardia chrysogonum)

   Synonyms: ἴασπις (íaspis), χρῡσόγονον (khrūsógonon)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἀρκόφθᾰλμον; τοῦ ἀρκοφθᾰ́λμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀρκόφθᾰλμον tò arkóphthalmon	τὼ ἀρκοφθᾰ́λμω tṑ arkophthálmō	τᾰ̀ ἀρκόφθᾰλμᾰ tà arkóphthalma
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρκοφθᾰ́λμου toû arkophthálmou	τοῖν ἀρκοφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn arkophthálmoin	τῶν ἀρκοφθᾰ́λμων tôn arkophthálmōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρκοφθᾰ́λμῳ tôi arkophthálmōi	τοῖν ἀρκοφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn arkophthálmoin	τοῖς ἀρκοφθᾰ́λμοις toîs arkophthálmois
Accusative	τὸ ἀρκόφθᾰλμον tò arkóphthalmon	τὼ ἀρκοφθᾰ́λμω tṑ arkophthálmō	τᾰ̀ ἀρκόφθᾰλμᾰ tà arkóphthalma
Vocative	ἀρκόφθᾰλμον arkóphthalmon	ἀρκοφθᾰ́λμω arkophthálmō	ἀρκόφθᾰλμᾰ arkóphthalma
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀρκόφθαλμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀρκόφθαλμον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)