μυάκανθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) +‎ ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “thorn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /my.á.kan.tʰos/ → /myˈa.kan.θos/ → /miˈa.kan.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.á.kan.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myˈa.kan.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myˈa.kan.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myˈa.kan.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈa.kan.θos/

Noun

μῠᾰ́κᾰνθος • (mŭắkănthos) m (genitive μῠᾰκᾰ́νθου); second declension

1. butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

   Synonyms: κεντρομυρσίνη (kentromursínē), ὀξυμυρσίνη (oxumursínē), χαμαιμυρσίνη (khamaimursínē)

2. wild asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ μῠᾰ́κᾰνθος; τοῦ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῠᾰ́κᾰνθος ho mŭắkănthos	τὼ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθω tṑ mŭăkắnthō	οἱ μῠᾰ́κᾰνθοι hoi mŭắkănthoi
Genitive	τοῦ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθου toû mŭăkắnthou	τοῖν μῠᾰκᾰ́νθοιν toîn mŭăkắnthoin	τῶν μῠᾰκᾰ́νθων tôn mŭăkắnthōn
Dative	τῷ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθῳ tôi mŭăkắnthōi	τοῖν μῠᾰκᾰ́νθοιν toîn mŭăkắnthoin	τοῖς μῠᾰκᾰ́νθοις toîs mŭăkắnthois
Accusative	τὸν μῠᾰ́κᾰνθον tòn mŭắkănthon	τὼ μῠᾰκᾰ́νθω tṑ mŭăkắnthō	τοὺς μῠᾰκᾰ́νθους toùs mŭăkắnthous
Vocative	μῠᾰ́κᾰνθε mŭắkănthe	μῠᾰκᾰ́νθω mŭăkắnthō	μῠᾰ́κᾰνθοι mŭắkănthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μυακάνθινος (muakánthinos)

References

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