πέταλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πετάννυμι (petánnumi, “I open, spread out”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pé.ta.lon/ → /ˈpe.ta.lon/ → /ˈpe.ta.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pé.ta.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ta.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ta.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ta.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ta.lon/

Adjective

πέτᾰλον • (pétălon) n

1. inflection of πέταλος (pétalos):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Noun

πέτᾰλον • (pétălon) n (genitive πετᾰ́λου); second declension

1. leaf of plant, flower, or tree
2. thin plate of metal, leaf of metal
3. slice

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πέτᾰλον; τοῦ πετᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πέτᾰλον tò pétălon	τὼ πετᾰ́λω tṑ petắlō	τᾰ̀ πέτᾰλᾰ tằ pétălă
Genitive	τοῦ πετᾰ́λου toû petắlou	τοῖν πετᾰ́λοιν toîn petắloin	τῶν πετᾰ́λων tôn petắlōn
Dative	τῷ πετᾰ́λῳ tôi petắlōi	τοῖν πετᾰ́λοιν toîn petắloin	τοῖς πετᾰ́λοις toîs petắlois
Accusative	τὸ πέτᾰλον tò pétălon	τὼ πετᾰ́λω tṑ petắlō	τᾰ̀ πέτᾰλᾰ tằ pétălă
Vocative	πέτᾰλον pétălon	πετᾰ́λω petắlō	πέτᾰλᾰ pétălă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾱ̓πέτᾰλος (āpétălos)
• κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον (kăllĭpétălon)
• λεοντοπέτᾰλον (leontopétălon)

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: πέταλο (pétalo)
• → Catalan: pètal
• → Dutch: petaal, petalum
• → English: petal
• → Esperanto: petalo
• → French: pétale
• → Galician: pétalo
• → Ido: petalo
• → Irish: peiteal
• → Old Georgian: პეტალოჲ (ṗeṭaloy)
• → Italian: petalo
• → Norman: pétale
• → Portuguese: pétala
• → Romanian: petală
• → Spanish: pétalo
• → Swahili: petali

Further reading

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