ἱεροβοτάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) +‎ βοτάνη (botánē, “grass, herb, fodder”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.e.ro.bo.tá.nɛː/ → /i.e.ro.βoˈta.ni/ → /i.e.ro.voˈta.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.e.ro.bo.tá.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.e.ro.boˈta.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.e.ro.βoˈta.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.e.ro.voˈta.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.e.ro.voˈta.ni/

Noun

ἱεροβοτᾰ́νη • (hierobotắnē) f (genitive ἱεροβοτᾰ́νης); first declension

1. vervain (Verbena officinalis)

   Synonym: περιστέριον (peristérion)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἱεροβοτᾰ́νη; τῆς ἱεροβοτᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἱεροβοτᾰ́νη hē hierobotắnē	τὼ ἱεροβοτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ hierobotắnā	αἱ ἱεροβοτᾰ́ναι hai hierobotắnai
Genitive	τῆς ἱεροβοτᾰ́νης tês hierobotắnēs	τοῖν ἱεροβοτᾰ́ναιν toîn hierobotắnain	τῶν ἱεροβοτᾰνῶν tôn hierobotănôn
Dative	τῇ ἱεροβοτᾰ́νῃ têi hierobotắnēi	τοῖν ἱεροβοτᾰ́ναιν toîn hierobotắnain	ταῖς ἱεροβοτᾰ́ναις taîs hierobotắnais
Accusative	τὴν ἱεροβοτᾰ́νην tḕn hierobotắnēn	τὼ ἱεροβοτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ hierobotắnā	τᾱ̀ς ἱεροβοτᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s hierobotắnās
Vocative	ἱεροβοτᾰ́νη hierobotắnē	ἱεροβοτᾰ́νᾱ hierobotắnā	ἱεροβοτᾰ́ναι hierobotắnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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