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 • (kămēlopódĭon) 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 kămēlopódĭon	τὼ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ω tṑ kămēlopodĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κᾰμηλοπόδῐᾰ tằ kămēlopódĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ου toû kămēlopodĭ́ou	τοῖν κᾰμηλοποδῐ́οιν toîn kămēlopodĭ́oin	τῶν κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ων tôn kămēlopodĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ῳ tôi kămēlopodĭ́ōi	τοῖν κᾰμηλοποδῐ́οιν toîn kămēlopodĭ́oin	τοῖς κᾰμηλοποδῐ́οις toîs kămēlopodĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰμηλοπόδῐον tò kămēlopódĭon	τὼ κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ω tṑ kămēlopodĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κᾰμηλοπόδῐᾰ tằ kămēlopódĭă
Vocative	κᾰμηλοπόδῐον kămēlopódĭon	κᾰμηλοποδῐ́ω kămēlopodĭ́ō	κᾰμηλοπόδῐᾰ kămēlopódĭă
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