γλαύκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlǎu̯.ki.on/ → /ˈɣlaɸ.ci.on/ → /ˈɣlaf.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlǎu̯.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaʍ.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣlaɸ.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣlaf.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣlaf.ci.on/

Noun

γλαύκῐον • (glaúkĭon) n (genitive γλαυκῐ́ου); second declension

1. horned poppy (Glaucium flavum)
2. common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γλαύκῐον; τοῦ γλαυκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γλαύκῐον tò glaúkĭon	τὼ γλαυκῐ́ω tṑ glaukĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ γλαύκῐᾰ tằ glaúkĭă
Genitive	τοῦ γλαυκῐ́ου toû glaukĭ́ou	τοῖν γλαυκῐ́οιν toîn glaukĭ́oin	τῶν γλαυκῐ́ων tôn glaukĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ γλαυκῐ́ῳ tôi glaukĭ́ōi	τοῖν γλαυκῐ́οιν toîn glaukĭ́oin	τοῖς γλαυκῐ́οις toîs glaukĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ γλαύκῐον tò glaúkĭon	τὼ γλαυκῐ́ω tṑ glaukĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ γλαύκῐᾰ tằ glaúkĭă
Vocative	γλαύκῐον glaúkĭon	γλαυκῐ́ω glaukĭ́ō	γλαύκῐᾰ glaúkĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Glaucium
• → Coptic: ⲕⲗⲁⲩⲕⲓⲟⲩ (klaukiou)

Further reading

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