λεοντοπόδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέων (léōn, “lion”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.on.to.pó.di.on/ → /le.on.toˈpo.ði.on/ → /le.on.doˈpo.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.on.to.pó.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.on.toˈpo.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.on.toˈpo.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.on.toˈpo.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.on.doˈpo.ði.on/

Noun

λεοντοπόδῐον • (leontopódĭon) n (genitive λεοντοποδῐ́ου); second declension

1. edelweiss (plant of the genus Leontopodium)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λεοντοπόδῐον; τοῦ λεοντοποδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λεοντοπόδῐον tò leontopódĭon	τὼ λεοντοποδῐ́ω tṑ leontopodĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ λεοντοπόδῐᾰ tằ leontopódĭă
Genitive	τοῦ λεοντοποδῐ́ου toû leontopodĭ́ou	τοῖν λεοντοποδῐ́οιν toîn leontopodĭ́oin	τῶν λεοντοποδῐ́ων tôn leontopodĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ λεοντοποδῐ́ῳ tôi leontopodĭ́ōi	τοῖν λεοντοποδῐ́οιν toîn leontopodĭ́oin	τοῖς λεοντοποδῐ́οις toîs leontopodĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ λεοντοπόδῐον tò leontopódĭon	τὼ λεοντοποδῐ́ω tṑ leontopodĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ λεοντοπόδῐᾰ tằ leontopódĭă
Vocative	λεοντοπόδῐον leontopódĭon	λεοντοποδῐ́ω leontopodĭ́ō	λεοντοπόδῐᾰ leontopódĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Leontopodium

Further reading

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