λειμώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λειμώνῐος (leimṓnios, “of a meadow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leː.mɔ̌ː.ni.on/ → /liˈmo.ni.on/ → /liˈmo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leː.mɔ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈmo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈmo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈmo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈmo.ni.on/

Noun

λειμώνῐον • (leimṓnion) n (genitive λειμωνῐ́ου); second declension

1. Statice limonium, sea lavender or snakeweed
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 4.16
   • 23 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Natural History 20.72

Declension

Second declension of τὸ λειμώνῐον; τοῦ λειμωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λειμώνῐον tò leimṓnion	τὼ λειμωνῐ́ω tṑ leimōníō	τᾰ̀ λειμώνῐᾰ tà leimṓnia
Genitive	τοῦ λειμωνῐ́ου toû leimōníou	τοῖν λειμωνῐ́οιν toîn leimōníoin	τῶν λειμωνῐ́ων tôn leimōníōn
Dative	τῷ λειμωνῐ́ῳ tôi leimōníōi	τοῖν λειμωνῐ́οιν toîn leimōníoin	τοῖς λειμωνῐ́οις toîs leimōníois
Accusative	τὸ λειμώνῐον tò leimṓnion	τὼ λειμωνῐ́ω tṑ leimōníō	τᾰ̀ λειμώνῐᾰ tà leimṓnia
Vocative	λειμώνῐον leimṓnion	λειμωνῐ́ω leimōníō	λειμώνῐᾰ leimṓnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (sealavender, snakeweed): νευροειδές (neuroeidés)

Descendants

• → Latin: lemonium
  • → Translingual: Statice limonium

References

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