χελιδόνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χελιδών (khelidṓn, “swallow”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰe.liː.dó.ni.on/ → /çe.liˈðo.ni.on/ → /çe.liˈðo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰe.liː.dó.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰe.liˈdo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çe.liˈðo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çe.liˈðo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çe.liˈðo.ni.on/

Noun

χελῑδόνῐον • (khelīdónĭon) n (genitive χελῑδονῐ́ου); second declension

1. greater celandine (Chelidonium majus)

   Synonyms: ἐλῠ́δρῐον (elŭ́drĭon), ὀθόννᾰ (othónnă)

2. young swallow

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χελῑδόνῐον; τοῦ χελῑδονῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χελῑδόνῐον tò khelīdónĭon	τὼ χελῑδονῐ́ω tṑ khelīdonĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ χελῑδόνῐᾰ tằ khelīdónĭă
Genitive	τοῦ χελῑδονῐ́ου toû khelīdonĭ́ou	τοῖν χελῑδονῐ́οιν toîn khelīdonĭ́oin	τῶν χελῑδονῐ́ων tôn khelīdonĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ χελῑδονῐ́ῳ tôi khelīdonĭ́ōi	τοῖν χελῑδονῐ́οιν toîn khelīdonĭ́oin	τοῖς χελῑδονῐ́οις toîs khelīdonĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ χελῑδόνῐον tò khelīdónĭon	τὼ χελῑδονῐ́ω tṑ khelīdonĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ χελῑδόνῐᾰ tằ khelīdónĭă
Vocative	χελῑδόνῐον khelīdónĭon	χελῑδονῐ́ω khelīdonĭ́ō	χελῑδόνῐᾰ khelīdónĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: χελιδόνι (chelidóni)
• Pontic Greek: χ̌ελιδόνιν (šelidónin), χ̌ελιδόν' (šelidón'), χ̌ελιδόνι (šelidóni)
  • Laz: მშირიდონი (mşiridoni), შკელიდონი (şǩelidoni), შილიდონი (şilidoni) — Atina, შკირდონი (şǩirdoni) — Khopa–Batumi
• → Translingual: Chelidonium

Further reading

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