μελάνθιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλας (mélas, “black”) +‎ ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.lán.tʰi.on/ → /meˈlan.θi.on/ → /meˈlan.θi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lán.tʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈlan.tʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈlan.θi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈlan.θi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈlan.θi.on/

Noun

μελᾰ́νθῐον • (melánthion) n (genitive μελᾰνθῐ́ου); second declension

1. black cumin (Nigella sativa)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μελᾰ́νθῐον; τοῦ μελᾰνθῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μελᾰ́νθῐον tò melánthion	τὼ μελᾰνθῐ́ω tṑ melanthíō	τᾰ̀ μελᾰ́νθῐᾰ tà melánthia
Genitive	τοῦ μελᾰνθῐ́ου toû melanthíou	τοῖν μελᾰνθῐ́οιν toîn melanthíoin	τῶν μελᾰνθῐ́ων tôn melanthíōn
Dative	τῷ μελᾰνθῐ́ῳ tôi melanthíōi	τοῖν μελᾰνθῐ́οιν toîn melanthíoin	τοῖς μελᾰνθῐ́οις toîs melanthíois
Accusative	τὸ μελᾰ́νθῐον tò melánthion	τὼ μελᾰνθῐ́ω tṑ melanthíō	τᾰ̀ μελᾰ́νθῐᾰ tà melánthia
Vocative	μελᾰ́νθῐον melánthion	μελᾰνθῐ́ω melanthíō	μελᾰ́νθῐᾰ melánthia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μελάνθινος (melánthinos)

Further reading

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