πολύγαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολύς (polús, “many”) +‎ γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.ɡa.lon/ → /poˈly.ɣa.lon/ → /poˈli.ɣa.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.ɡa.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ɡa.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ɣa.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ɣa.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.ɣa.lon/

Noun

πολῠ́γᾰλον • (polŭ́gălon) n (genitive πολῠγᾰ́λου); second declension

1. milkwort (Polygala venulosa)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πολῠ́γᾰλον; τοῦ πολῠγᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολῠ́γᾰλον tò polŭ́gălon	τὼ πολῠγᾰ́λω tṑ polŭgắlō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́γᾰλᾰ tằ polŭ́gălă
Genitive	τοῦ πολῠγᾰ́λου toû polŭgắlou	τοῖν πολῠγᾰ́λοιν toîn polŭgắloin	τῶν πολῠγᾰ́λων tôn polŭgắlōn
Dative	τῷ πολῠγᾰ́λῳ tôi polŭgắlōi	τοῖν πολῠγᾰ́λοιν toîn polŭgắloin	τοῖς πολῠγᾰ́λοις toîs polŭgắlois
Accusative	τὸ πολῠ́γᾰλον tò polŭ́gălon	τὼ πολῠγᾰ́λω tṑ polŭgắlō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́γᾰλᾰ tằ polŭ́gălă
Vocative	πολῠ́γᾰλον polŭ́gălon	πολῠγᾰ́λω polŭgắlō	πολῠ́γᾰλᾰ polŭ́gălă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Polygala

Further reading

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