δρακόντιον

See also: Δρακόντιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

δρᾰ́κων (drắkōn, oblique stem: δρᾰκοντ-, drakont-) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dra.kón.ti.on/ → /ðraˈkon.ti.on/ → /ðraˈkon.di.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dra.kón.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /draˈkon.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðraˈkon.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðraˈkon.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðraˈkon.di.on/

Noun

δρᾰκόντῐον • (drăkóntĭon) n (genitive δρᾰκοντῐ́ου); second declension

1. dragonwort, edder-wort (Dracunculus vulgaris)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ δρᾰκόντῐον; τοῦ δρᾰκοντῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δρᾰκόντῐον tò drăkóntĭon	τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ω tṑ drăkontĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ δρᾰκόντῐᾰ tằ drăkóntĭă
Genitive	τοῦ δρᾰκοντῐ́ου toû drăkontĭ́ou	τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́οιν toîn drăkontĭ́oin	τῶν δρᾰκοντῐ́ων tôn drăkontĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ δρᾰκοντῐ́ῳ tôi drăkontĭ́ōi	τοῖν δρᾰκοντῐ́οιν toîn drăkontĭ́oin	τοῖς δρᾰκοντῐ́οις toîs drăkontĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ δρᾰκόντῐον tò drăkóntĭon	τὼ δρᾰκοντῐ́ω tṑ drăkontĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ δρᾰκόντῐᾰ tằ drăkóntĭă
Vocative	δρᾰκόντῐον drăkóntĭon	δρᾰκοντῐ́ω drăkontĭ́ō	δρᾰκόντῐᾰ drăkóntĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “δρᾰκόντιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δρακόντιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• δρακόντιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften