φρένιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰré.ni.on/ → /ˈɸre.ni.on/ → /ˈfre.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰré.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰre.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸre.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfre.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfre.ni.on/

Noun

φρένῐον • (phrénĭon) n (genitive φρενῐ́ου); second declension

1. poppy anemone (Anemone coronaria)

   Synonym: ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φρένῐον; τοῦ φρενῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φρένῐον tò phrénĭon	τὼ φρενῐ́ω tṑ phrenĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ φρένῐᾰ tằ phrénĭă
Genitive	τοῦ φρενῐ́ου toû phrenĭ́ou	τοῖν φρενῐ́οιν toîn phrenĭ́oin	τῶν φρενῐ́ων tôn phrenĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ φρενῐ́ῳ tôi phrenĭ́ōi	τοῖν φρενῐ́οιν toîn phrenĭ́oin	τοῖς φρενῐ́οις toîs phrenĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ φρένῐον tò phrénĭon	τὼ φρενῐ́ω tṑ phrenĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ φρένῐᾰ tằ phrénĭă
Vocative	φρένῐον phrénĭon	φρενῐ́ω phrenĭ́ō	φρένῐᾰ phrénĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: phrenion

Further reading

• “φρένιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press