παρθένιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρθένος (parthénos, “virgin”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /par.tʰé.ni.on/ → /parˈθe.ni.on/ → /parˈθe.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /par.tʰé.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /parˈtʰe.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /parˈθe.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /parˈθe.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /parˈθe.ni.on/

Noun

παρθένῐον • (parthénĭon) n (genitive παρθενῐ́ου); second declension

1. feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ παρθένῐον; τοῦ παρθενῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ παρθένῐον tò parthénĭon	τὼ παρθενῐ́ω tṑ parthenĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ παρθένῐᾰ tằ parthénĭă
Genitive	τοῦ παρθενῐ́ου toû parthenĭ́ou	τοῖν παρθενῐ́οιν toîn parthenĭ́oin	τῶν παρθενῐ́ων tôn parthenĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ παρθενῐ́ῳ tôi parthenĭ́ōi	τοῖν παρθενῐ́οιν toîn parthenĭ́oin	τοῖς παρθενῐ́οις toîs parthenĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ παρθένῐον tò parthénĭon	τὼ παρθενῐ́ω tṑ parthenĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ παρθένῐᾰ tằ parthénĭă
Vocative	παρθένῐον parthénĭon	παρθενῐ́ω parthenĭ́ō	παρθένῐᾰ parthénĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: parthenium
  • → Italian: partenio
  • → Translingual: Parthenium

Further reading

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