σμύρνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σμύρνα (smúrna, “myrrh”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zmýr.ni.on/ → /ˈzmyr.ni.on/ → /ˈzmir.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zmýr.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzmyr.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmyr.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmyr.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzmir.ni.on/

Noun

σμῠ́ρνῐον • (smŭ́rnĭon) n (genitive σμῠρνῐ́ου); second declension

1. Cretan alexanders (Smyrnium perfoliatum)

   Synonym: βουσέλῑνον (bousélīnon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σμῠ́ρνῐον; τοῦ σμῠρνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σμῠ́ρνῐον tò smŭ́rnĭon	τὼ σμῠρνῐ́ω tṑ smŭrnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σμῠ́ρνῐᾰ tằ smŭ́rnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ σμῠρνῐ́ου toû smŭrnĭ́ou	τοῖν σμῠρνῐ́οιν toîn smŭrnĭ́oin	τῶν σμῠρνῐ́ων tôn smŭrnĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σμῠρνῐ́ῳ tôi smŭrnĭ́ōi	τοῖν σμῠρνῐ́οιν toîn smŭrnĭ́oin	τοῖς σμῠρνῐ́οις toîs smŭrnĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ σμῠ́ρνῐον tò smŭ́rnĭon	τὼ σμῠρνῐ́ω tṑ smŭrnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σμῠ́ρνῐᾰ tằ smŭ́rnĭă
Vocative	σμῠ́ρνῐον smŭ́rnĭon	σμῠρνῐ́ω smŭrnĭ́ō	σμῠ́ρνῐᾰ smŭ́rnĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Smyrnium

Further reading

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