ὀρνιθόγαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) +‎ γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /or.niː.tʰó.ɡa.lon/ → /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/ → /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /or.niː.tʰó.ɡa.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /or.niˈtʰo.ɡa.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/

Noun

ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον • (ornīthógălon) n (genitive ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λου); second declension

1. star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον; τοῦ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον tò ornīthógălon	τὼ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λω tṑ ornīthogắlō	τᾰ̀ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλᾰ tằ ornīthógălă
Genitive	τοῦ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λου toû ornīthogắlou	τοῖν ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λοιν toîn ornīthogắloin	τῶν ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λων tôn ornīthogắlōn
Dative	τῷ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λῳ tôi ornīthogắlōi	τοῖν ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λοιν toîn ornīthogắloin	τοῖς ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λοις toîs ornīthogắlois
Accusative	τὸ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον tò ornīthógălon	τὼ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λω tṑ ornīthogắlō	τᾰ̀ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλᾰ tằ ornīthógălă
Vocative	ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον ornīthógălon	ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λω ornīthogắlō	ὀρνῑθόγᾰλᾰ ornīthógălă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ornithogale
  • → French: ornithogale
• → Translingual: Ornithogalum

References

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