γναφάλλιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γναφαλλίς (gnaphallís)

Etymology

From γνάφαλλον (gnáphallon, “flock of wool”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡna.pʰál.li.on/ → /ɣnaˈɸal.li.on/ → /ɣnaˈfa.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡna.pʰál.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡnaˈpʰal.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣnaˈɸal.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣnaˈfal.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣnaˈfa.li.on/

Noun

γνᾰφᾰ́λλῐον • (gnaphállion) n (genitive γνᾰφᾰλλῐ́ου); second declension

1. cottonweed (Otanthus maritimus)

   Synonym: εἶρος (eîros)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γνᾰφᾰ́λλῐον; τοῦ γνᾰφᾰλλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γνᾰφᾰ́λλῐον tò gnaphállion	τὼ γνᾰφᾰλλῐ́ω tṑ gnaphallíō	τᾰ̀ γνᾰφᾰ́λλῐᾰ tà gnaphállia
Genitive	τοῦ γνᾰφᾰλλῐ́ου toû gnaphallíou	τοῖν γνᾰφᾰλλῐ́οιν toîn gnaphallíoin	τῶν γνᾰφᾰλλῐ́ων tôn gnaphallíōn
Dative	τῷ γνᾰφᾰλλῐ́ῳ tôi gnaphallíōi	τοῖν γνᾰφᾰλλῐ́οιν toîn gnaphallíoin	τοῖς γνᾰφᾰλλῐ́οις toîs gnaphallíois
Accusative	τὸ γνᾰφᾰ́λλῐον tò gnaphállion	τὼ γνᾰφᾰλλῐ́ω tṑ gnaphallíō	τᾰ̀ γνᾰφᾰ́λλῐᾰ tà gnaphállia
Vocative	γνᾰφᾰ́λλῐον gnaphállion	γνᾰφᾰλλῐ́ω gnaphallíō	γνᾰφᾰ́λλῐᾰ gnaphállia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Gnaphalium

Further reading

• “γναφάλλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γναφάλλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γναφάλλιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)