γιγγίδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γῐγγῐ́ς (gĭngĭ́s, “kind of turnip”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡiŋ.ɡí.di.on/ → /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/ → /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡiŋ.ɡí.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡiŋˈɡi.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟi.ði.on/

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Noun

γῐγγῐ́δῐον • (gĭngĭ́dĭon) n (genitive γῐγγῐδῐ́ου); second declension

1. carrot (Daucus gingidium)
2. dittander (Lepidium latifolium)

   Synonym: λεπῐ́δῐον (lepĭ́dĭon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γῐγγῐ́δῐον; τοῦ γῐγγῐδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γῐγγῐ́δῐον tò gĭngĭ́dĭon	τὼ γῐγγῐδῐ́ω tṑ gĭngĭdĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ γῐγγῐ́δῐᾰ tằ gĭngĭ́dĭă
Genitive	τοῦ γῐγγῐδῐ́ου toû gĭngĭdĭ́ou	τοῖν γῐγγῐδῐ́οιν toîn gĭngĭdĭ́oin	τῶν γῐγγῐδῐ́ων tôn gĭngĭdĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ γῐγγῐδῐ́ῳ tôi gĭngĭdĭ́ōi	τοῖν γῐγγῐδῐ́οιν toîn gĭngĭdĭ́oin	τοῖς γῐγγῐδῐ́οις toîs gĭngĭdĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ γῐγγῐ́δῐον tò gĭngĭ́dĭon	τὼ γῐγγῐδῐ́ω tṑ gĭngĭdĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ γῐγγῐ́δῐᾰ tằ gĭngĭ́dĭă
Vocative	γῐγγῐ́δῐον gĭngĭ́dĭon	γῐγγῐδῐ́ω gĭngĭdĭ́ō	γῐγγῐ́δῐᾰ gĭngĭ́dĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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