μηκώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.kɔ̌ː.ni.on/ → /miˈko.ni.on/ → /miˈko.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.kɔ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝ˈko.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈko.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈko.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈko.ni.on/

Noun

μηκώνῐον • (mēkṓnĭon) n (genitive μηκώνῐ́ου); second declension

1. opium
2. meconium, discharge from the bowels of new-born children

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μηκώνῐον; τοῦ μηκωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μηκώνῐον tò mēkṓnĭon	τὼ μηκωνῐ́ω tṑ mēkōnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ μηκώνῐᾰ tằ mēkṓnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ μηκωνῐ́ου toû mēkōnĭ́ou	τοῖν μηκωνῐ́οιν toîn mēkōnĭ́oin	τῶν μηκωνῐ́ων tôn mēkōnĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ μηκωνῐ́ῳ tôi mēkōnĭ́ōi	τοῖν μηκωνῐ́οιν toîn mēkōnĭ́oin	τοῖς μηκωνῐ́οις toîs mēkōnĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ μηκώνῐον tò mēkṓnĭon	τὼ μηκωνῐ́ω tṑ mēkōnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ μηκώνῐᾰ tằ mēkṓnĭă
Vocative	μηκώνῐον mēkṓnĭon	μηκωνῐ́ω mēkōnĭ́ō	μηκώνῐᾰ mēkṓnĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: mēcōnium

Further reading

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