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 • (bótrŭon) 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 bótrŭon	τὼ βοτρῠ́ω tṑ botrŭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βότρῠᾰ tằ bótrŭă
Genitive	τοῦ βοτρῠ́ου toû botrŭ́ou	τοῖν βοτρῠ́οιν toîn botrŭ́oin	τῶν βοτρῠ́ων tôn botrŭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ βοτρῠ́ῳ tôi botrŭ́ōi	τοῖν βοτρῠ́οιν toîn botrŭ́oin	τοῖς βοτρῠ́οις toîs botrŭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ βότρῠον tò bótrŭon	τὼ βοτρῠ́ω tṑ botrŭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βότρῠᾰ tằ bótrŭă
Vocative	βότρῠον bótrŭon	βοτρῠ́ω botrŭ́ō	βότρῠᾰ bótrŭă
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 (2006–2025)