γήθυον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γήτειον (gḗteion), κητίον (kētíon)

Etymology

Due to the variations, probably from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ̌ː.tʰy.on/ → /ˈʝi.θy.on/ → /ˈʝi.θi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡɛ̌ː.tʰy.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe̝.tʰy.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.θy.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.θy.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.θi.on/

Noun

γήθῠον • (gḗthŭon) n (genitive γηθύου); second declension

1. a kind of onion

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γήθῠον; τοῦ γηθῠ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γήθῠον tò gḗthŭon	τὼ γηθῠ́ω tṑ gēthŭ́ō	τᾰ̀ γήθῠᾰ tằ gḗthŭă
Genitive	τοῦ γηθῠ́ου toû gēthŭ́ou	τοῖν γηθῠ́οιν toîn gēthŭ́oin	τῶν γηθῠ́ων tôn gēthŭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ γηθῠ́ῳ tôi gēthŭ́ōi	τοῖν γηθῠ́οιν toîn gēthŭ́oin	τοῖς γηθῠ́οις toîs gēthŭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ γήθῠον tò gḗthŭon	τὼ γηθῠ́ω tṑ gēthŭ́ō	τᾰ̀ γήθῠᾰ tằ gḗthŭă
Vocative	γήθῠον gḗthŭon	γηθῠ́ω gēthŭ́ō	γήθῠᾰ gḗthŭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γηθυλλίς (gēthullís)

Descendants

• Latin: gēthyum

Further reading

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