μαχαιρόφυλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάχαιρα (mákhaira, “knife”) +‎ φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.kʰai̯.ró.pʰyl.lon/ → /ma.çɛˈro.ɸyl.lon/ → /ma.çeˈro.fi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.kʰai̯.ró.pʰyl.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.kʰɛˈro.pʰyl.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.çɛˈro.ɸyl.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.çeˈro.fyl.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.çeˈro.fi.lon/

Noun

μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον • (măkhairóphŭllon) n (genitive μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου); second declension

1. gladiolus (plant of the genus Gladiolus)

   Synonyms: ἀνᾰκτόρῐον (anăktórĭon), ξῐ́φῐον (xĭ́phĭon)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον; τοῦ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον tò măkhairóphŭllon	τὼ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω tṑ măkhairophŭ́llō	τᾰ̀ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ tằ măkhairóphŭllă
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου toû măkhairophŭ́llou	τοῖν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοιν toîn măkhairophŭ́lloin	τῶν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλων tôn măkhairophŭ́llōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλῳ tôi măkhairophŭ́llōi	τοῖν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοιν toîn măkhairophŭ́lloin	τοῖς μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοις toîs măkhairophŭ́llois
Accusative	τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον tò măkhairóphŭllon	τὼ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω tṑ măkhairophŭ́llō	τᾰ̀ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ tằ măkhairóphŭllă
Vocative	μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον măkhairóphŭllon	μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω măkhairophŭ́llō	μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ măkhairóphŭllă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μαχαιρόφυλλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press