ἄννησον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἄνησον (ánēson), ἄνησσον (ánēsson), ἄνῑσον (ánīson)

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian jnst (“a medicinal plant, possibly anise”). However, according to Beekes, the variation ν/νν, the intervocalic -σ- and the connection to ἄνηθον (ánēthon, “dill”) prove Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ne̝.son/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ni.son/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ni.son/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.son/

Noun

ἄννησον • (ánnēson) n (genitive ἀννήσου); second declension

anise (Pimpinella anisum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄννησον; τοῦ ἀννήσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄννησον tò ánnēson	τὼ ἀννήσω tṑ annḗsō	τᾰ̀ ἄννησᾰ tà ánnēsa
Genitive	τοῦ ἀννήσου toû annḗsou	τοῖν ἀννήσοιν toîn annḗsoin	τῶν ἀννήσων tôn annḗsōn
Dative	τῷ ἀννήσῳ tôi annḗsōi	τοῖν ἀννήσοιν toîn annḗsoin	τοῖς ἀννήσοις toîs annḗsois
Accusative	τὸ ἄννησον tò ánnēson	τὼ ἀννήσω tṑ annḗsō	τᾰ̀ ἄννησᾰ tà ánnēsa
Vocative	ἄννησον ánnēson	ἀννήσω annḗsō	ἄννησᾰ ánnēsa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀννησοειδής (annēsoeidḗs)

“ἄννησον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἄννησον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄννησον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN