βλήχων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βληχώ (blēkhṓ)
• γλᾱ́χων (glā́khōn) — Doric
• γλήχων (glḗkhōn) — Ionic

Etymology

According to Beekes, since the word has no etymology, and since the stem formation is strange, it is probably a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blɛ̌ː.kʰɔːn/ → /ˈβli.xon/ → /ˈvli.xon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blɛ̌ː.kʰɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈble̝.kʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβli.xon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvli.xon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvli.xon/

Noun

βλήχων • (blḗkhōn) f (genitive βλήχωνος); third declension

1. pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ βλήχων; τῆς βλήχωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βλήχων hē blḗkhōn	τὼ βλήχωνε tṑ blḗkhōne	αἱ βλήχωνες hai blḗkhōnes
Genitive	τῆς βλήχωνος tês blḗkhōnos	τοῖν βληχώνοιν toîn blēkhṓnoin	τῶν βληχώνων tôn blēkhṓnōn
Dative	τῇ βλήχωνῐ têi blḗkhōni	τοῖν βληχώνοιν toîn blēkhṓnoin	ταῖς βλήχωσῐ / βλήχωσῐν taîs blḗkhōsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν βλήχωνᾰ tḕn blḗkhōna	τὼ βλήχωνε tṑ blḗkhōne	τᾱ̀ς βλήχωνᾰς tā̀s blḗkhōnas
Vocative	βλήχων blḗkhōn	βλήχωνε blḗkhōne	βλήχωνες blḗkhōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βληχωνίας (blēkhōnías)
• βληχώνιον (blēkhṓnion)

 

Further reading

• “βλήχων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βλήχων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλήχων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN