ἀμμωνιακόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Genericized neuter form of Ἀμμωνῐᾰκός (Ammōnĭăkós, “of Ammon”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.mɔː.ni.a.kón/ → /am.mo.ni.aˈkon/ → /a.mo.ni.aˈkon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.mɔː.ni.a.kón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.mo.ni.aˈkon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.mo.ni.aˈkon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.mo.ni.aˈkon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.mo.ni.aˈkon/

Noun

ἀμμωνῐᾰκόν • (ammōnĭăkón) n (genitive ἀμμωνῐᾰκοῦ); second declension

1. ammoniacum, a kind of gum resin
2. Ferula marmarica, a plant producing this resin

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀμμωνῐᾰκόν; τοῦ ἀμμωνῐᾰκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀμμωνῐᾰκόν tò ammōnĭăkón	τὼ ἀμμωνῐᾰκώ tṑ ammōnĭăkṓ	τᾰ̀ ἀμμωνῐᾰκᾰ́ tằ ammōnĭăkắ
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμμωνῐᾰκοῦ toû ammōnĭăkoû	τοῖν ἀμμωνῐᾰκοῖν toîn ammōnĭăkoîn	τῶν ἀμμωνῐᾰκῶν tôn ammōnĭăkôn
Dative	τῷ ἀμμωνῐᾰκῷ tôi ammōnĭăkôi	τοῖν ἀμμωνῐᾰκοῖν toîn ammōnĭăkoîn	τοῖς ἀμμωνῐᾰκοῖς toîs ammōnĭăkoîs
Accusative	τὸ ἀμμωνῐᾰκόν tò ammōnĭăkón	τὼ ἀμμωνῐᾰκώ tṑ ammōnĭăkṓ	τᾰ̀ ἀμμωνῐᾰκᾰ́ tằ ammōnĭăkắ
Vocative	ἀμμωνῐᾰκόν ammōnĭăkón	ἀμμωνῐᾰκώ ammōnĭăkṓ	ἀμμωνῐᾰκᾰ́ ammōnĭăkắ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ammōniacum

Further reading

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