πυκνόκομον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῠκνός (pŭknós, “close, compact, thick”) +‎ κόμη (kómē, “hair of the head”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /py.knó.ko.mon/ → /pyˈkno.ko.mon/ → /piˈkno.ko.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /py.knó.ko.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈkno.ko.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈkno.ko.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈkno.ko.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈkno.ko.mon/

Noun

πῠκνόκομον • (pŭknókomon) n (genitive πῠκνοκόμου); second declension

1. motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πῠκνόκομον; τοῦ πῠκνοκόμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῠκνόκομον tò pŭknókomon	τὼ πῠκνοκόμω tṑ pŭknokómō	τᾰ̀ πῠκνόκομᾰ tằ pŭknókomă
Genitive	τοῦ πῠκνοκόμου toû pŭknokómou	τοῖν πῠκνοκόμοιν toîn pŭknokómoin	τῶν πῠκνοκόμων tôn pŭknokómōn
Dative	τῷ πῠκνοκόμῳ tôi pŭknokómōi	τοῖν πῠκνοκόμοιν toîn pŭknokómoin	τοῖς πῠκνοκόμοις toîs pŭknokómois
Accusative	τὸ πῠκνόκομον tò pŭknókomon	τὼ πῠκνοκόμω tṑ pŭknokómō	τᾰ̀ πῠκνόκομᾰ tằ pŭknókomă
Vocative	πῠκνόκομον pŭknókomon	πῠκνοκόμω pŭknokómō	πῠκνόκομᾰ pŭknókomă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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