σκολοπένδριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra, “scolopendra”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sko.lo.pén.dri.on/ → /sko.loˈpen.dri.on/ → /sko.loˈpen.dri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sko.lo.pén.dri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sko.loˈpen.dri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sko.loˈpen.dri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sko.loˈpen.dri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sko.loˈpen.dri.on/

Noun

σκολοπένδρῐον • (skolopéndrion) n (genitive σκολοπενδρῐ́ου); second declension

1. hart's tongue (Asplenium scolopendrium)

   Synonym: φυλλῖτις (phullîtis)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σκολοπένδρῐον; τοῦ σκολοπενδρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκολοπένδρῐον tò skolopéndrion	τὼ σκολοπενδρῐ́ω tṑ skolopendríō	τᾰ̀ σκολοπένδρῐᾰ tà skolopéndria
Genitive	τοῦ σκολοπενδρῐ́ου toû skolopendríou	τοῖν σκολοπενδρῐ́οιν toîn skolopendríoin	τῶν σκολοπενδρῐ́ων tôn skolopendríōn
Dative	τῷ σκολοπενδρῐ́ῳ tôi skolopendríōi	τοῖν σκολοπενδρῐ́οιν toîn skolopendríoin	τοῖς σκολοπενδρῐ́οις toîs skolopendríois
Accusative	τὸ σκολοπένδρῐον tò skolopéndrion	τὼ σκολοπενδρῐ́ω tṑ skolopendríō	τᾰ̀ σκολοπένδρῐᾰ tà skolopéndria
Vocative	σκολοπένδρῐον skolopéndrion	σκολοπενδρῐ́ω skolopendríō	σκολοπένδρῐᾰ skolopéndria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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