καμηλοπόδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”) +‎ πόδιον (pódion, “little foot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.mɛː.lo.pó.di.on/ → /ka.mi.loˈpo.ði.on/ → /ka.mi.loˈpo.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.mɛː.lo.pó.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.me̝.loˈpo.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.mi.loˈpo.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.mi.loˈpo.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.mi.loˈpo.ði.on/

Noun

κᾰμηλοπόδῐον • (kamēlopódion) n (genitive κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ου); second declension

1. white horehound (Marrubium vulgare)

   Synonyms: ἀστερίσπα (asteríspa), πράσιον (prásion), προπέδιλον (propédilon), φιλοφαρές (philopharés), φυλλοφερές (phullopherés)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰμηλοπόδῐον; τοῦ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰμηλοπόδῐον tò kamēlopódion	τὼ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ω tṑ kamēlopodíō	τᾰ̀ κᾰμηλοπόδῐᾰ tà kamēlopódia
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ου toû kamēlopodíou	τοῖν κᾰμηλοποδῐ́οιν toîn kamēlopodíoin	τῶν κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ων tôn kamēlopodíōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ῳ tôi kamēlopodíōi	τοῖν κᾰμηλοποδῐ́οιν toîn kamēlopodíoin	τοῖς κᾰμηλοποδῐ́οις toîs kamēlopodíois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰμηλοπόδῐον tò kamēlopódion	τὼ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ω tṑ kamēlopodíō	τᾰ̀ κᾰμηλοπόδῐᾰ tà kamēlopódia
Vocative	κᾰμηλοπόδῐον kamēlopódion	κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ω kamēlopodíō	κᾰμηλοπόδῐᾰ kamēlopódia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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