ἰξίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰξός (ixós, “mistletoe”) with a suffix found in other plant names, like βαλσαμίνη (balsamínē) and ἑλλεβορίνη (helleborínē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ik.sǐː.nɛː/ → /ikˈsi.ni/ → /ikˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ik.sǐː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikˈsi.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ikˈsi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ikˈsi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ikˈsi.ni/

Noun

ἰξῑ́νη • (ixī́nē) f (genitive ἰξῑ́νης); first declension

1. carline thistle (Carlina gummifera)

   Synonym: ἰξῐ́ᾱ (ixíā)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἰξῑ́νη; τῆς ἰξῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰξῑ́νη hē ixī́nē	τὼ ἰξῑ́νᾱ tṑ ixī́nā	αἱ ἰξῖναι hai ixînai
Genitive	τῆς ἰξῑ́νης tês ixī́nēs	τοῖν ἰξῑ́ναιν toîn ixī́nain	τῶν ἰξῑνῶν tôn ixīnôn
Dative	τῇ ἰξῑ́νῃ têi ixī́nēi	τοῖν ἰξῑ́ναιν toîn ixī́nain	ταῖς ἰξῑ́ναις taîs ixī́nais
Accusative	τὴν ἰξῑ́νην tḕn ixī́nēn	τὼ ἰξῑ́νᾱ tṑ ixī́nā	τᾱ̀ς ἰξῑ́νᾱς tā̀s ixī́nās
Vocative	ἰξῑ́νη ixī́nē	ἰξῑ́νᾱ ixī́nā	ἰξῖναι ixînai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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