βότρυον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βότρυς (bótrus, “bunch of grapes”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bó.try.on/ → /ˈβo.try.on/ → /ˈvo.tri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bó.try.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.try.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβo.try.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.try.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.tri.on/

Noun

βότρῠον • (bótruon) n (genitive βοτρῠ́ου); second declension

1. (botany) cluster of berries
2. shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

   Synonym: θλάσπις (thláspis)

3. (medicine) kind of medicine made with excrements

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βότρῠον; τοῦ βοτρῠ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βότρῠον tò bótruon	τὼ βοτρῠ́ω tṑ botrúō	τᾰ̀ βότρῠᾰ tà bótrua
Genitive	τοῦ βοτρῠ́ου toû botrúou	τοῖν βοτρῠ́οιν toîn botrúoin	τῶν βοτρῠ́ων tôn botrúōn
Dative	τῷ βοτρῠ́ῳ tôi botrúōi	τοῖν βοτρῠ́οιν toîn botrúoin	τοῖς βοτρῠ́οις toîs botrúois
Accusative	τὸ βότρῠον tò bótruon	τὼ βοτρῠ́ω tṑ botrúō	τᾰ̀ βότρῠᾰ tà bótrua
Vocative	βότρῠον bótruon	βοτρῠ́ω botrúō	βότρῠᾰ bótrua
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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