κολχικόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of Κολχικός (Kolkhikós, “Colchian”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kol.kʰi.kón/ → /kol.çiˈkon/ → /kol.çiˈkon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kol.kʰi.kón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kol.kʰiˈkon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kol.çiˈkon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kol.çiˈkon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kol.çiˈkon/

Noun

κολχῐκόν • (kolkhĭkón) n (genitive κολχῐκοῦ); second declension

1. autumn crocus (Colchicum speciosum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κολχῐκόν; τοῦ κολχῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κολχῐκόν tò kolkhĭkón	τὼ κολχῐκώ tṑ kolkhĭkṓ	τᾰ̀ κολχῐκᾰ́ tằ kolkhĭkắ
Genitive	τοῦ κολχῐκοῦ toû kolkhĭkoû	τοῖν κολχῐκοῖν toîn kolkhĭkoîn	τῶν κολχῐκῶν tôn kolkhĭkôn
Dative	τῷ κολχῐκῷ tôi kolkhĭkôi	τοῖν κολχῐκοῖν toîn kolkhĭkoîn	τοῖς κολχῐκοῖς toîs kolkhĭkoîs
Accusative	τὸ κολχῐκόν tò kolkhĭkón	τὼ κολχῐκώ tṑ kolkhĭkṓ	τᾰ̀ κολχῐκᾰ́ tằ kolkhĭkắ
Vocative	κολχῐκόν kolkhĭkón	κολχῐκώ kolkhĭkṓ	κολχῐκᾰ́ kolkhĭkắ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: colchicum
  • → Translingual: Colchicum

Further reading

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