γεντιανή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

γεντιάς (gentiás)

Etymology

According to Pedanius Dioscorides, the plant is named after the Illyrian king Gentius, which has been associated with the fact that the plant was prominent in the Alps.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡen.ti.aː.nɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡen.ti.aˈne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝen.ti.aˈni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝen.ti.aˈni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝen.di.aˈni/

Proper noun

γεντῐᾱνή • (gentiānḗ) f (genitive γεντῐᾱνῆς); first declension

gentian (plant of the genus Gentiana)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γεντῐᾱνή; τῆς γεντῐᾱνῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γεντῐᾱνή hē gentiānḗ	τὼ γεντῐᾱνᾱ́ tṑ gentiānā́	αἱ γεντῐᾱναί hai gentiānaí
Genitive	τῆς γεντῐᾱνῆς tês gentiānês	τοῖν γεντῐᾱναῖν toîn gentiānaîn	τῶν γεντῐᾱνῶν tôn gentiānôn
Dative	τῇ γεντῐᾱνῇ têi gentiānêi	τοῖν γεντῐᾱναῖν toîn gentiānaîn	ταῖς γεντῐᾱναῖς taîs gentiānaîs
Accusative	τὴν γεντῐᾱνήν tḕn gentiānḗn	τὼ γεντῐᾱνᾱ́ tṑ gentiānā́	τᾱ̀ς γεντῐᾱνᾱ́ς tā̀s gentiānā́s
Vocative	γεντῐᾱνή gentiānḗ	γεντῐᾱνᾱ́ gentiānā́	γεντῐᾱναί gentiānaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Classical Syriac: ܓܢܛܝܢܐ (genṭyānā)
- → Arabic: جَنْطِيَانَا (janṭiyānā)
  - → Middle Armenian: ջանդիան (ǰandian), ջանդիանէ (ǰandianē), ճինտիանէ (čintianē)
  - → Persian: جنطیانا
  - → Ottoman Turkish: جنطیانا (centiyana)
    - Turkish: centiyana
→ Latin: gentiāna
- → Translingual: Gentiana

References

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