πολεμώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Πολέμων (Polémōn) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.le.mɔ̌ː.ni.on/ → /po.leˈmo.ni.on/ → /po.leˈmo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.le.mɔ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.on/

Noun

πολεμώνῐον • (polemṓnĭon) n (genitive πολεμωνῐ́ου); second declension

1. Jacob's ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)

   Synonyms: φῐλεταίρῐον (phĭletaírĭon), χῑλῐοδῠ́νᾰμῐς (khīlĭodŭ́nămĭs)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πολεμώνῐον; τοῦ πολεμωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολεμώνῐον tò polemṓnĭon	τὼ πολεμωνῐ́ω tṑ polemōnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πολεμώνῐᾰ tằ polemṓnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ πολεμωνῐ́ου toû polemōnĭ́ou	τοῖν πολεμωνῐ́οιν toîn polemōnĭ́oin	τῶν πολεμωνῐ́ων tôn polemōnĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ πολεμωνῐ́ῳ tôi polemōnĭ́ōi	τοῖν πολεμωνῐ́οιν toîn polemōnĭ́oin	τοῖς πολεμωνῐ́οις toîs polemōnĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ πολεμώνῐον tò polemṓnĭon	τὼ πολεμωνῐ́ω tṑ polemōnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πολεμώνῐᾰ tằ polemṓnĭă
Vocative	πολεμώνῐον polemṓnĭon	πολεμωνῐ́ω polemōnĭ́ō	πολεμώνῐᾰ polemṓnĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: polemōnia
• → Translingual: Polemonium
  • → English: polemonium

Further reading

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