κλινοπόδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλῑνόπους (klīnópous, “feet of a bed”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kliː.no.pó.di.on/ → /kli.noˈpo.ði.on/ → /kli.noˈpo.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kliː.no.pó.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kli.noˈpo.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kli.noˈpo.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kli.noˈpo.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kli.noˈpo.ði.on/

Noun

κλῑνοπόδῐον • (klīnopódĭon) n (genitive κλῑνοποδῐ́ου); second declension

1. lesser calamint (Clinopodium nepeta)

   Synonym: ζωπύρα (zōpúra)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κλῑνοπόδῐον; τοῦ κλῑνοποδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλῑνοπόδῐον tò klīnopódĭon	τὼ κλῑνοποδῐ́ω tṑ klīnopodĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κλῑνοπόδῐᾰ tằ klīnopódĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κλῑνοποδῐ́ου toû klīnopodĭ́ou	τοῖν κλῑνοποδῐ́οιν toîn klīnopodĭ́oin	τῶν κλῑνοποδῐ́ων tôn klīnopodĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κλῑνοποδῐ́ῳ tôi klīnopodĭ́ōi	τοῖν κλῑνοποδῐ́οιν toîn klīnopodĭ́oin	τοῖς κλῑνοποδῐ́οις toîs klīnopodĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κλῑνοπόδῐον tò klīnopódĭon	τὼ κλῑνοποδῐ́ω tṑ klīnopodĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κλῑνοπόδῐᾰ tằ klīnopódĭă
Vocative	κλῑνοπόδῐον klīnopódĭon	κλῑνοποδῐ́ω klīnopodĭ́ō	κλῑνοπόδῐᾰ klīnopódĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Clinopodium

Further reading

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