ἀμπελόπρασον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”) +‎ πράσον (práson, “leek”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pe.ló.pra.son/ → /am.peˈlo.pra.son/ → /am.beˈlo.pra.son/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pe.ló.pra.son/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.peˈlo.pra.son/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.peˈlo.pra.son/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.peˈlo.pra.son/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /am.beˈlo.pra.son/

Noun

ἀμπελόπρᾰσον • (ampelóprason) n (genitive ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σου); second declension

1. wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum)

   Synonym: ἀμακρῶτις (amakrôtis)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀμπελόπρᾰσον; τοῦ ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀμπελόπρᾰσον tò ampelóprason	τὼ ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σω tṑ ampeloprásō	τᾰ̀ ἀμπελόπρᾰσᾰ tà ampelóprasa
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σου toû ampeloprásou	τοῖν ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σοιν toîn ampeloprásoin	τῶν ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σων tôn ampeloprásōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σῳ tôi ampeloprásōi	τοῖν ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σοιν toîn ampeloprásoin	τοῖς ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σοις toîs ampeloprásois
Accusative	τὸ ἀμπελόπρᾰσον tò ampelóprason	τὼ ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σω tṑ ampeloprásō	τᾰ̀ ἀμπελόπρᾰσᾰ tà ampelóprasa
Vocative	ἀμπελόπρᾰσον ampelóprason	ἀμπελοπρᾰ́σω ampeloprásō	ἀμπελόπρᾰσᾰ ampelóprasa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ampeloprasum

Further reading

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