ἡδύσαρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. The word recalls ἄσαρον (ásaron, “hazelwort”) and σίσαρον (sísaron, “parsnip”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.dý.sa.ron/ → /iˈðy.sa.ron/ → /iˈði.sa.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.dý.sa.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝ˈdy.sa.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈðy.sa.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈðy.sa.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈði.sa.ron/

Noun

ἡδῠ́σᾰρον • (hēdŭ́săron) n (genitive ἡδῠσᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. axe-weed (Securigera securidaca)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἡδῠ́σᾰρον; τοῦ ἡδῠσᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡδῠ́σᾰρον tò hēdŭ́săron	τὼ ἡδῠσᾰ́ρω tṑ hēdŭsắrō	τᾰ̀ ἡδῠ́σᾰρᾰ tằ hēdŭ́sără
Genitive	τοῦ ἡδῠσᾰ́ρου toû hēdŭsắrou	τοῖν ἡδῠσᾰ́ροιν toîn hēdŭsắroin	τῶν ἡδῠσᾰ́ρων tôn hēdŭsắrōn
Dative	τῷ ἡδῠσᾰ́ρῳ tôi hēdŭsắrōi	τοῖν ἡδῠσᾰ́ροιν toîn hēdŭsắroin	τοῖς ἡδῠσᾰ́ροις toîs hēdŭsắrois
Accusative	τὸ ἡδῠ́σᾰρον tò hēdŭ́săron	τὼ ἡδῠσᾰ́ρω tṑ hēdŭsắrō	τᾰ̀ ἡδῠ́σᾰρᾰ tằ hēdŭ́sără
Vocative	ἡδῠ́σᾰρον hēdŭ́săron	ἡδῠσᾰ́ρω hēdŭsắrō	ἡδῠ́σᾰρᾰ hēdŭ́sără
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Hedysarum

Further reading

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