ἱεράκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱέραξ (hiérax, “hawk”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.e.rǎː.ki.on/ → /i.eˈra.ci.on/ → /i.eˈra.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.e.rǎː.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.eˈra.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.eˈra.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.eˈra.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.eˈra.ci.on/

Noun

ἱερᾱ́κῐον • (hierā́kion) n (genitive ἱερᾱκῐ́ου); second declension

1. prickly goldenfleece, false hawkbit (Urospermum picroides)
2. kind of composite, Hymenonema graecum

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἱερᾱ́κῐον; τοῦ ἱερᾱκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἱερᾱ́κῐον tò hierā́kion	τὼ ἱερᾱκῐ́ω tṑ hierākíō	τᾰ̀ ἱερᾱ́κῐᾰ tà hierā́kia
Genitive	τοῦ ἱερᾱκῐ́ου toû hierākíou	τοῖν ἱερᾱκῐ́οιν toîn hierākíoin	τῶν ἱερᾱκῐ́ων tôn hierākíōn
Dative	τῷ ἱερᾱκῐ́ῳ tôi hierākíōi	τοῖν ἱερᾱκῐ́οιν toîn hierākíoin	τοῖς ἱερᾱκῐ́οις toîs hierākíois
Accusative	τὸ ἱερᾱ́κῐον tò hierā́kion	τὼ ἱερᾱκῐ́ω tṑ hierākíō	τᾰ̀ ἱερᾱ́κῐᾰ tà hierā́kia
Vocative	ἱερᾱ́κῐον hierā́kion	ἱερᾱκῐ́ω hierākíō	ἱερᾱ́κῐᾰ hierā́kia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: γεράκι (geráki)
• Mariupol Greek: е́рак (jérak)
• → Translingual: Hieracium

Further reading

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