σίλφιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably cognate with Latin sirpe.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /síl.pʰi.on/ → /ˈsil.ɸi.on/ → /ˈsil.fi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /síl.pʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.pʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.ɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.fi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.fi.on/

Noun

σῐ́λφῐον • (sĭ́lphĭon) n (genitive σῐλφῐ́ου); second declension

1. laserwort, silphium, silphion

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῐ́λφῐον; τοῦ σῐλφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῐ́λφῐον tò sĭ́lphĭon	τὼ σῐλφῐ́ω tṑ sĭlphĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σῐ́λφῐᾰ tằ sĭ́lphĭă
Genitive	τοῦ σῐλφῐ́ου toû sĭlphĭ́ou	τοῖν σῐλφῐ́οιν toîn sĭlphĭ́oin	τῶν σῐλφῐ́ων tôn sĭlphĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σῐλφῐ́ῳ tôi sĭlphĭ́ōi	τοῖν σῐλφῐ́οιν toîn sĭlphĭ́oin	τοῖς σῐλφῐ́οις toîs sĭlphĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ σῐ́λφῐον tò sĭ́lphĭon	τὼ σῐλφῐ́ω tṑ sĭlphĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σῐ́λφῐᾰ tằ sĭ́lphĭă
Vocative	σῐ́λφῐον sĭ́lphĭon	σῐλφῐ́ω sĭlphĭ́ō	σῐ́λφῐᾰ sĭ́lphĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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