ἠριγέρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἦρι (êri, “early in the morning”) +‎ γέρων (gérōn, “old man”), because of its hoary down.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.rɔːn/ → /i.riˈʝe.ron/ → /i.riˈʝe.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.rɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.riˈɡe.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ron/

Noun

ἠρῐγέρων • (ērĭgérōn) m (genitive ἠρῐγέροντος); third declension

1. groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)

   Synonym: ἀκανθίς (akanthís)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἠρῐγέρων; τοῦ ἠρῐγέροντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἠρῐγέρων ho ērĭgérōn	τὼ ἠρῐγέροντε tṑ ērĭgéronte	οἱ ἠρῐγέροντες hoi ērĭgérontes
Genitive	τοῦ ἠρῐγέροντος toû ērĭgérontos	τοῖν ἠρῐγερόντοιν toîn ērĭgeróntoin	τῶν ἠρῐγερόντων tôn ērĭgeróntōn
Dative	τῷ ἠρῐγέροντῐ tôi ērĭgérontĭ	τοῖν ἠρῐγερόντοιν toîn ērĭgeróntoin	τοῖς ἠρῐγέρουσῐ / ἠρῐγέρουσῐν toîs ērĭgérousĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἠρῐγέροντᾰ tòn ērĭgérontă	τὼ ἠρῐγέροντε tṑ ērĭgéronte	τοὺς ἠρῐγέροντᾰς toùs ērĭgérontăs
Vocative	ἠρῐγέρον ērĭgéron	ἠρῐγέροντε ērĭgéronte	ἠρῐγέροντες ērĭgérontes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Erigeron

Further reading

• “ἠριγέρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἠριγέρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette