κισσόφυλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κισσός (kissós, “ivy”) +‎ φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kis.só.pʰyl.lon/ → /cisˈso.ɸyl.lon/ → /ciˈso.fi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kis.só.pʰyl.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kisˈso.pʰyl.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cisˈso.ɸyl.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cisˈso.fyl.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈso.fi.lon/

Noun

κῐσσόφῠλλον • (kissóphullon) n (genitive κῐσσοφῠ́λλου); second declension

1. ivy-leaf, used as a brand
2. part of a torsion-engine shaped like an ivy-leaf
3. honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)

   Synonyms: κλύμενον (klúmenon), κυκλάμινος ἑτέρα (kukláminos hetéra), περικλύμενον (periklúmenon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῐσσόφῠλλον; τοῦ κῐσσοφῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῐσσόφῠλλον tò kissóphullon	τὼ κῐσσοφῠ́λλω tṑ kissophúllō	τᾰ̀ κῐσσόφῠλλᾰ tà kissóphulla
Genitive	τοῦ κῐσσοφῠ́λλου toû kissophúllou	τοῖν κῐσσοφῠ́λλοιν toîn kissophúlloin	τῶν κῐσσοφῠ́λλων tôn kissophúllōn
Dative	τῷ κῐσσοφῠ́λλῳ tôi kissophúllōi	τοῖν κῐσσοφῠ́λλοιν toîn kissophúlloin	τοῖς κῐσσοφῠ́λλοις toîs kissophúllois
Accusative	τὸ κῐσσόφῠλλον tò kissóphullon	τὼ κῐσσοφῠ́λλω tṑ kissophúllō	τᾰ̀ κῐσσόφῠλλᾰ tà kissóphulla
Vocative	κῐσσόφῠλλον kissóphullon	κῐσσοφῠ́λλω kissophúllō	κῐσσόφῠλλᾰ kissóphulla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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