μελαμπράσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλας (mélas, “black”) +‎ πράσιον (prásion, “white horehound”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.lam.prá.si.on/ → /me.lamˈpra.si.on/ → /me.lamˈbra.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lam.prá.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.lamˈpra.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.lamˈpra.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.lamˈpra.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.lamˈbra.si.on/

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Noun

μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον • (melămprắsĭon) n (genitive μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ου); second declension

1. black horehound (Ballota nigra)

   Synonyms: βᾰλλωτή (băllōtḗ), γνοτέρᾱ (gnotérā)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον; τοῦ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον tò melămprắsĭon	τὼ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ω tṑ melămprăsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ melămprắsĭă
Genitive	τοῦ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ου toû melămprăsĭ́ou	τοῖν μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́οιν toîn melămprăsĭ́oin	τῶν μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ων tôn melămprăsĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ῳ tôi melămprăsĭ́ōi	τοῖν μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́οιν toîn melămprăsĭ́oin	τοῖς μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́οις toîs melămprăsĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον tò melămprắsĭon	τὼ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ω tṑ melămprăsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ melămprắsĭă
Vocative	μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον melămprắsĭon	μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ω melămprăsĭ́ō	μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐᾰ melămprắsĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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