φρύγανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φρῡ́γω (phrū́gō, “to roast”) +‎ -ανον (-anon), as dry firewood was traditionally used to start fires and roast food.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰry̌ː.ɡa.non/ → /ˈɸry.ɣa.non/ → /ˈfri.ɣa.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰry̌ː.ɡa.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰry.ɡa.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸry.ɣa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfry.ɣa.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfri.ɣa.non/

Noun

φρῡ́γᾰνον • (phrū́gănon) n (genitive φρῡγάνου); second declension

1. dry stick, firewood

   Synonym: πῠ́ρδᾰλον (pŭ́rdălon)

2. undershrub

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φρῡ́γᾰνον; τοῦ φρῡγᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φρῡ́γᾰνον tò phrū́gănon	τὼ φρῡγᾰ́νω tṑ phrūgắnō	τᾰ̀ φρῡ́γᾰνᾰ tằ phrū́gănă
Genitive	τοῦ φρῡγᾰ́νου toû phrūgắnou	τοῖν φρῡγᾰ́νοιν toîn phrūgắnoin	τῶν φρῡγᾰ́νων tôn phrūgắnōn
Dative	τῷ φρῡγᾰ́νῳ tôi phrūgắnōi	τοῖν φρῡγᾰ́νοιν toîn phrūgắnoin	τοῖς φρῡγᾰ́νοις toîs phrūgắnois
Accusative	τὸ φρῡ́γᾰνον tò phrū́gănon	τὼ φρῡγᾰ́νω tṑ phrūgắnō	τᾰ̀ φρῡ́γᾰνᾰ tằ phrū́gănă
Vocative	φρῡ́γᾰνον phrū́gănon	φρῡγᾰ́νω phrūgắnō	φρῡ́γᾰνᾰ phrū́gănă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φρῡγανικός (phrūganikós)
• φρῡγάνιον (phrūgánion)
• φρυγανισμός (phruganismós)
• φρυγανοειδής (phruganoeidḗs)
• φρῡγανοφόρος (phrūganophóros)
• φρῡγανώδης (phrūganṓdēs)

Further reading

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