ἐλαφόβοσκον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐλαφοβόσκον (elaphobóskon), ἐλαφοβοσκός (elaphoboskós)

Etymology

From ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”) +‎ βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “to eat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.la.pʰó.bos.kon/ → /e.laˈɸo.βos.kon/ → /e.laˈfo.vos.kon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.la.pʰó.bos.kon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.laˈpʰo.bos.kon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.laˈɸo.βos.kon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.laˈfo.vos.kon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.laˈfo.vos.kon/

Noun

ἐλᾰφόβοσκον • (elaphóboskon) n (genitive ἐλᾰφοβόσκου); second declension

1. parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)

   Synonyms: ἀσκαουκαού (askaoukaoú), ἐλαφικόν (elaphikón), ἑρπυξή (herpuxḗ), νέβρειον (nébreion), ὀφιογένειον (ophiogéneion), ὀφιοκτόνον (ophioktónon), χημίς (khēmís)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐλᾰφόβοσκον; τοῦ ἐλᾰφοβόσκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐλᾰφόβοσκον tò elaphóboskon	τὼ ἐλᾰφοβόσκω tṑ elaphobóskō	τᾰ̀ ἐλᾰφόβοσκᾰ tà elaphóboska
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλᾰφοβόσκου toû elaphobóskou	τοῖν ἐλᾰφοβόσκοιν toîn elaphobóskoin	τῶν ἐλᾰφοβόσκων tôn elaphobóskōn
Dative	τῷ ἐλᾰφοβόσκῳ tôi elaphobóskōi	τοῖν ἐλᾰφοβόσκοιν toîn elaphobóskoin	τοῖς ἐλᾰφοβόσκοις toîs elaphobóskois
Accusative	τὸ ἐλᾰφόβοσκον tò elaphóboskon	τὼ ἐλᾰφοβόσκω tṑ elaphobóskō	τᾰ̀ ἐλᾰφόβοσκᾰ tà elaphóboska
Vocative	ἐλᾰφόβοσκον elaphóboskon	ἐλᾰφοβόσκω elaphobóskō	ἐλᾰφόβοσκᾰ elaphóboska
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐλαφόβοσκον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐλαφόβοσκον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐλαφόβοσκον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “elaphobóskon ἐλαφοβόσκον – Pastinaca sativa”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2024