ἀμάραντον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.má.ran.ton/ → /aˈma.ran.ton/ → /aˈma.ran.don/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.má.ran.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ran.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ran.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ran.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ran.don/

Adjective

ἀμάραντον • (amáranton)

1. inflection of ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading, immortal”):
   1. masculine/feminine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Noun

ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον • (amáranton) n (genitive ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντου); second declension

1. everlasting (Helichrysum orientale)

   Synonyms: ἑλίχρυσον (helíkhruson), χρυσοκόμη (khrusokómē)

2. centaury (Centaurium erythraea)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον; τοῦ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον tò amáranton	τὼ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντω tṑ amarántō	τᾰ̀ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντᾰ tà amáranta
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντου toû amarántou	τοῖν ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντοιν toîn amarántoin	τῶν ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντων tôn amarántōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντῳ tôi amarántōi	τοῖν ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντοιν toîn amarántoin	τοῖς ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντοις toîs amarántois
Accusative	τὸ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον tò amáranton	τὼ ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντω tṑ amarántō	τᾰ̀ ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντᾰ tà amáranta
Vocative	ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντον amáranton	ἀμᾰρᾰ́ντω amarántō	ἀμᾰ́ρᾰντᾰ amáranta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμαράντινος (amarántinos)

Further reading

• “ἀμάραντον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμάραντον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμάραντον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)