γίγαρτον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Reduplicated formation. It is often connected with grānum (“seed, kernel”) and Old High German kerno (“pit, stone”), which is formally improbable. According to Beekes, the word is rather a Pre-Greek loan.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡí.ɡar.ton/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.ɡar.ton/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.ɣar.ton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.ɣar.ton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.ɣar.ton/

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Noun

γῐ́γᾰρτον • (gĭ́gărton) n (genitive γῐγᾰ́ρτου); second declension

grapestone, seed of the grape
pit of the olive

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γῐ́γᾰρτον; τοῦ γῐγᾰ́ρτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γῐ́γᾰρτον tò gĭ́gărton	τὼ γῐγᾰ́ρτω tṑ gĭgắrtō	τᾰ̀ γῐ́γᾰρτᾰ tằ gĭ́gărtă
Genitive	τοῦ γῐγᾰ́ρτου toû gĭgắrtou	τοῖν γῐγᾰ́ρτοιν toîn gĭgắrtoin	τῶν γῐγᾰ́ρτων tôn gĭgắrtōn
Dative	τῷ γῐγᾰ́ρτῳ tôi gĭgắrtōi	τοῖν γῐγᾰ́ρτοιν toîn gĭgắrtoin	τοῖς γῐγᾰ́ρτοις toîs gĭgắrtois
Accusative	τὸ γῐ́γᾰρτον tò gĭ́gărton	τὼ γῐγᾰ́ρτω tṑ gĭgắrtō	τᾰ̀ γῐ́γᾰρτᾰ tằ gĭ́gărtă
Vocative	γῐ́γᾰρτον gĭ́gărton	γῐγᾰ́ρτω gĭgắrtō	γῐ́γᾰρτᾰ gĭ́gărtă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

γιγαρτικός (gigartikós)
γιγαρτίς (gigartís)
γιγαρτώδης (gigartṓdēs)
γιγαρτώνιον (gigartṓnion)