πολύνευρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολῠ- (polŭ-, “much”) +‎ νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, nerve”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.neu̯.ron/ → /poˈly.ne.βron/ → /poˈli.ne.vron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.neu̯.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.new.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ne.βron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ne.vron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.ne.vron/

Noun

πολῠ́νευρον • (polŭ́neuron) n (genitive πολῠνεύρου); second declension

1. greater plantain (Plantago major)

   Synonym: ἀρνόγλωσσον (arnóglōsson)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πολῠ́νευρον; τοῦ πολῠνεύρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολῠ́νευρον tò polŭ́neuron	τὼ πολῠνεύρω tṑ polŭneúrō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́νευρᾰ tằ polŭ́neură
Genitive	τοῦ πολῠνεύρου toû polŭneúrou	τοῖν πολῠνεύροιν toîn polŭneúroin	τῶν πολῠνεύρων tôn polŭneúrōn
Dative	τῷ πολῠνεύρῳ tôi polŭneúrōi	τοῖν πολῠνεύροιν toîn polŭneúroin	τοῖς πολῠνεύροις toîs polŭneúrois
Accusative	τὸ πολῠ́νευρον tò polŭ́neuron	τὼ πολῠνεύρω tṑ polŭneúrō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́νευρᾰ tằ polŭ́neură
Vocative	πολῠ́νευρον polŭ́neuron	πολῠνεύρω polŭneúrō	πολῠ́νευρᾰ polŭ́neură
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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