πολύκνημον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολυ- (polu-, “much”) +‎ κνημός (knēmós, “oregano”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.knɛː.mon/ → /poˈly.kni.mon/ → /poˈli.kni.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.knɛː.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.kne̝.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.kni.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.kni.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.kni.mon/

Noun

πολῠ́κνημον • (polúknēmon) n (genitive πολῠκνήμου); second declension

1. field basil (Ziziphora capitata)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πολῠ́κνημον; τοῦ πολῠκνήμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολῠ́κνημον tò polúknēmon	τὼ πολῠκνήμω tṑ poluknḗmō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́κνημᾰ tà polúknēma
Genitive	τοῦ πολῠκνήμου toû poluknḗmou	τοῖν πολῠκνήμοιν toîn poluknḗmoin	τῶν πολῠκνήμων tôn poluknḗmōn
Dative	τῷ πολῠκνήμῳ tôi poluknḗmōi	τοῖν πολῠκνήμοιν toîn poluknḗmoin	τοῖς πολῠκνήμοις toîs poluknḗmois
Accusative	τὸ πολῠ́κνημον tò polúknēmon	τὼ πολῠκνήμω tṑ poluknḗmō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́κνημᾰ tà polúknēma
Vocative	πολῠ́κνημον polúknēmon	πολῠκνήμω poluknḗmō	πολῠ́κνημᾰ polúknēma
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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