ἀλεξιφάρμακον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος (alexĭphắrmăkos, “acting as antidote”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lek.si.pʰár.ma.kon/ → /a.lek.siˈɸar.ma.kon/ → /a.lek.siˈfar.ma.kon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lek.si.pʰár.ma.kon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.lek.siˈpʰar.ma.kon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.lek.siˈɸar.ma.kon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.lek.siˈfar.ma.kon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.lek.siˈfar.ma.kon/

Noun

ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον • (alexĭphắrmăkon) n (genitive ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κου); second declension

1. (medicine) antidote

   Synonyms: ἀλκτήρῐον (alktḗrĭon), ἀντῐ́δοτος (antĭ́dotos), θηρῐᾰκή (thērĭăkḗ)

2. charm, spell
3. (in general) remedy

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον; τοῦ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον tò alexĭphắrmăkon	τὼ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κω tṑ alexĭphărmắkō	τᾰ̀ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκᾰ tằ alexĭphắrmăkă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κου toû alexĭphărmắkou	τοῖν ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κοιν toîn alexĭphărmắkoin	τῶν ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κων tôn alexĭphărmắkōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κῳ tôi alexĭphărmắkōi	τοῖν ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κοιν toîn alexĭphărmắkoin	τοῖς ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κοις toîs alexĭphărmắkois
Accusative	τὸ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον tò alexĭphắrmăkon	τὼ ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κω tṑ alexĭphărmắkō	τᾰ̀ ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκᾰ tằ alexĭphắrmăkă
Vocative	ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον alexĭphắrmăkon	ἀλεξῐφᾰρμᾰ́κω alexĭphărmắkō	ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκᾰ alexĭphắrmăkă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀλεξιφάρμακον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλεξιφάρμακον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλεξῐφάρμᾰκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)