πεντάφυλλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πεντέφυλλον (pentéphullon)

Etymology

From πεντα- (penta-, “five”) +‎ φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pen.tá.pʰyl.lon/ → /penˈta.ɸyl.lon/ → /penˈda.fi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pen.tá.pʰyl.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /penˈta.pʰyl.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /penˈta.ɸyl.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /penˈta.fyl.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /penˈda.fi.lon/

Noun

πεντᾰ́φῠλλον • (pentắphŭllon) n (genitive πεντᾰφῠ́λλου); second declension

1. creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)

   Synonyms: κᾰλλῐπέτᾰλον (kăllĭpétălon), ψευδοσέλῑνον (pseudosélīnon)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πεντᾰ́φῠλλον; τοῦ πεντᾰφῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πεντᾰ́φῠλλον tò pentắphŭllon	τὼ πεντᾰφῠ́λλω tṑ pentăphŭ́llō	τᾰ̀ πεντᾰ́φῠλλᾰ tằ pentắphŭllă
Genitive	τοῦ πεντᾰφῠ́λλου toû pentăphŭ́llou	τοῖν πεντᾰφῠ́λλοιν toîn pentăphŭ́lloin	τῶν πεντᾰφῠ́λλων tôn pentăphŭ́llōn
Dative	τῷ πεντᾰφῠ́λλῳ tôi pentăphŭ́llōi	τοῖν πεντᾰφῠ́λλοιν toîn pentăphŭ́lloin	τοῖς πεντᾰφῠ́λλοις toîs pentăphŭ́llois
Accusative	τὸ πεντᾰ́φῠλλον tò pentắphŭllon	τὼ πεντᾰφῠ́λλω tṑ pentăphŭ́llō	τᾰ̀ πεντᾰ́φῠλλᾰ tằ pentắphŭllă
Vocative	πεντᾰ́φῠλλον pentắphŭllon	πεντᾰφῠ́λλω pentăphŭ́llō	πεντᾰ́φῠλλᾰ pentắphŭllă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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