φέρομβρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φέρω (phérō, “to bring”) +‎ ὄμβρος (ómbros, “thunderstorm”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰé.rom.bron/ → /ˈɸe.rom.bron/ → /ˈfe.rom.bron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰé.rom.bron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe.rom.bron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.rom.bron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.rom.bron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.rom.bron/

Noun

φέρομβρον • (phérombron) n (genitive φερόμβρου); second declension

1. squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)

   Synonyms: σίκυς άγριος m (síkus ágrios), ἐλατήριον n (elatḗrion), νότιον n (nótion), βουβάλιον n (boubálion), βάλλις f (bállis), σκόπιον n (skópion), γρῦνον n (grûnon), πευκέδανον n (peukédanon), σκόρπιον n (skórpion)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ φέρομβρον; τοῦ φερόμβρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φέρομβρον tò phérombron	τὼ φερόμβρω tṑ pherómbrō	τᾰ̀ φέρομβρᾰ tà phérombra
Genitive	τοῦ φερόμβρου toû pherómbrou	τοῖν φερόμβροιν toîn pherómbroin	τῶν φερόμβρων tôn pherómbrōn
Dative	τῷ φερόμβρῳ tôi pherómbrōi	τοῖν φερόμβροιν toîn pherómbroin	τοῖς φερόμβροις toîs pherómbrois
Accusative	τὸ φέρομβρον tò phérombron	τὼ φερόμβρω tṑ pherómbrō	τᾰ̀ φέρομβρᾰ tà phérombra
Vocative	φέρομβρον phérombron	φερόμβρω pherómbrō	φέρομβρᾰ phérombra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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