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 (kunokhálkē), 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 polúgonon	τὼ πολῠγόνω tṑ polugónō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́γονᾰ tà polúgona
Genitive	τοῦ πολῠγόνου toû polugónou	τοῖν πολῠγόνοιν toîn polugónoin	τῶν πολῠγόνων tôn polugónōn
Dative	τῷ πολῠγόνῳ tôi polugónōi	τοῖν πολῠγόνοιν toîn polugónoin	τοῖς πολῠγόνοις toîs polugónois
Accusative	τὸ πολῠ́γονον tò polúgonon	τὼ πολῠγόνω tṑ polugónō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́γονᾰ tà polúgona
Vocative	πολῠ́γονον polúgonon	πολῠγόνω polugónō	πολῠ́γονᾰ polúgona
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