βλόχον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from a Semitic source.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bló.kʰon/ → /ˈβlo.xon/ → /ˈvlo.xon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bló.kʰon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈblo.kʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβlo.xon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvlo.xon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvlo.xon/

Noun

βλόχον • (blókhon) n (genitive βλόχου); second declension

1. bdellium

   Synonyms: βδέλλῐον (bdéllĭon), μᾰ́λδᾰκον (mắldăkon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βλόχον; τοῦ βλόχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βλόχον tò blókhon	τὼ βλόχω tṑ blókhō	τᾰ̀ βλόχᾰ tằ blókhă
Genitive	τοῦ βλόχου toû blókhou	τοῖν βλόχοιν toîn blókhoin	τῶν βλόχων tôn blókhōn
Dative	τῷ βλόχῳ tôi blókhōi	τοῖν βλόχοιν toîn blókhoin	τοῖς βλόχοις toîs blókhois
Accusative	τὸ βλόχον tò blókhon	τὼ βλόχω tṑ blókhō	τᾰ̀ βλόχᾰ tằ blókhă
Vocative	βλόχον blókhon	βλόχω blókhō	βλόχᾰ blókhă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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