βήχιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βήξ (bḗx, “cough”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɛ̌ː.kʰi.on/ → /ˈβi.çi.on/ → /ˈvi.çi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛ̌ː.kʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe̝.kʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβi.çi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.çi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.çi.on/

Noun

βήχῐον • (bḗkhĭon) n (genitive βηχῐ́ου); second declension

1. coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

   Synonyms: χᾰμαιλεύκη (khămaileúkē), χᾰμαίγειρον (khămaígeiron)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βήχῐον; τοῦ βηχῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βήχῐον tò bḗkhĭon	τὼ βηχῐ́ω tṑ bēkhĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βήχῐᾰ tằ bḗkhĭă
Genitive	τοῦ βηχῐ́ου toû bēkhĭ́ou	τοῖν βηχῐ́οιν toîn bēkhĭ́oin	τῶν βηχῐ́ων tôn bēkhĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ βηχῐ́ῳ tôi bēkhĭ́ōi	τοῖν βηχῐ́οιν toîn bēkhĭ́oin	τοῖς βηχῐ́οις toîs bēkhĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ βήχῐον tò bḗkhĭon	τὼ βηχῐ́ω tṑ bēkhĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βήχῐᾰ tằ bḗkhĭă
Vocative	βήχῐον bḗkhĭon	βηχῐ́ω bēkhĭ́ō	βήχῐᾰ bḗkhĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: bēchion

Further reading

• “βήχιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βήχιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βήχιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)