πολύγονον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολύς (polús, “many”) +‎ γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), or neuter of πολύγονος (polúgonos, “prolific”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) +‎ γόνος (gónos, “offspring”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.ɡo.non/ → /poˈly.ɣo.non/ → /poˈli.ɣo.non/

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

Noun

πολύγονον • (polúgonon) n (genitive πολυγόνου); second declension

1. Either of two plants:
   1. πολύγονον ἄρρεν (árrhen, “male”), knotweed, Polygonum aviculare

      Synonyms: κῠνοχᾰ́λκη (kŭnokhắlkē), χιλιόφυλλος (khilióphullos)

   2. πολύγονον θῆλυ (thêlu, “female”), (probably) common mare's tail (Hippuris vulgaris)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πολῠ́γονον; τοῦ πολῠγόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολῠ́γονον tò polŭ́gonon	τὼ πολῠγόνω tṑ polŭgónō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́γονᾰ tằ polŭ́gonă
Genitive	τοῦ πολῠγόνου toû polŭgónou	τοῖν πολῠγόνοιν toîn polŭgónoin	τῶν πολῠγόνων tôn polŭgónōn
Dative	τῷ πολῠγόνῳ tôi polŭgónōi	τοῖν πολῠγόνοιν toîn polŭgónoin	τοῖς πολῠγόνοις toîs polŭgónois
Accusative	τὸ πολῠ́γονον tò polŭ́gonon	τὼ πολῠγόνω tṑ polŭgónō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́γονᾰ tằ polŭ́gonă
Vocative	πολῠ́γονον polŭ́gonon	πολῠγόνω polŭgónō	πολῠ́γονᾰ polŭ́gonă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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