βδέλλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּדֹלַח (bəḏṓlaḥ), cognate with Akkadian 𒁉𒁺𒌨𒄷 (bidurḫu).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bdél.li.on/ → /ˈβðel.li.on/ → /ˈvðe.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bdél.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbdel.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβðel.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvðel.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvðe.li.on/

Noun

βδέλλῐον • (bdéllion) n (genitive βδελλῐ́ου); second declension

1. bdellium, an aromatic gum obtained from Commiphora africana

   Synonyms: βλόχον (blókhon), μᾰ́λδᾰκον (máldakon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βδέλλῐον; τοῦ βδελλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βδέλλῐον tò bdéllion	τὼ βδελλῐ́ω tṑ bdellíō	τᾰ̀ βδέλλῐᾰ tà bdéllia
Genitive	τοῦ βδελλῐ́ου toû bdellíou	τοῖν βδελλῐ́οιν toîn bdellíoin	τῶν βδελλῐ́ων tôn bdellíōn
Dative	τῷ βδελλῐ́ῳ tôi bdellíōi	τοῖν βδελλῐ́οιν toîn bdellíoin	τοῖς βδελλῐ́οις toîs bdellíois
Accusative	τὸ βδέλλῐον tò bdéllion	τὼ βδελλῐ́ω tṑ bdellíō	τᾰ̀ βδέλλῐᾰ tà bdéllia
Vocative	βδέλλῐον bdéllion	βδελλῐ́ω bdellíō	βδέλλῐᾰ bdéllia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: bdellium

Further reading

• “βδέλλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βδέλλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βδέλλιον 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