ἡλιοσκόπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) +‎ σκοπέω (skopéō, “to watch”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.li.os.kó.pi.on/ → /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/ → /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.li.os.kó.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.li.osˈko.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/

Noun

ἡλῐοσκόπῐον • (hēlĭoskópĭon) n (genitive ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ου); second declension

1. sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἡλῐοσκόπῐον; τοῦ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡλῐοσκόπῐον tò hēlĭoskópĭon	τὼ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ω tṑ hēlĭoskopĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοσκόπῐᾰ tằ hēlĭoskópĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ου toû hēlĭoskopĭ́ou	τοῖν ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́οιν toîn hēlĭoskopĭ́oin	τῶν ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ων tôn hēlĭoskopĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ῳ tôi hēlĭoskopĭ́ōi	τοῖν ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́οιν toîn hēlĭoskopĭ́oin	τοῖς ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́οις toîs hēlĭoskopĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ἡλῐοσκόπῐον tò hēlĭoskópĭon	τὼ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ω tṑ hēlĭoskopĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοσκόπῐᾰ tằ hēlĭoskópĭă
Vocative	ἡλῐοσκόπῐον hēlĭoskópĭon	ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ω hēlĭoskopĭ́ō	ἡλῐοσκόπῐᾰ hēlĭoskópĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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