Ὑάκινθος

See also: υάκινθος and ὑάκινθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See ῠ̔ᾰ́κινθος (huákinthos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.á.kin.tʰos/ → /yˈa.cin.θos/ → /iˈa.cin.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.á.kin.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈa.kin.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈa.cin.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈa.cin.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈa.cin.θos/

Proper noun

Ῠ̔ᾰ́κινθος • (Huákinthos) m (genitive Ῠ̔ᾰκίνθου); second declension

1. Hyacinthus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῠ̔ᾰ́κινθος; τοῦ Ῠ̔ᾰκίνθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῠ̔ᾰ́κινθος ho Huákinthos
Genitive	τοῦ Ῠ̔ᾰκίνθου toû Huakínthou
Dative	τῷ Ῠ̔ᾰκίνθῳ tôi Huakínthōi
Accusative	τὸν Ῠ̔ᾰ́κινθον tòn Huákinthon
Vocative	Ῠ̔ᾰ́κινθε Huákinthe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ῠ̔ᾰκίνθη (Huakínthē)
• Ῠ̔ᾰκίνθια (Huakínthia)

Descendants

• → Asturian: Xacintu
• → Breton: Hyakinthos
• → Catalan: Jacint
• → Czech: Hyakinthos
• → Dutch: Hyakinthos
• → English: Hyacinth
• → Finnish: Hyakinthos
• → French: Hyacinthe
• → Galician: Xacinto
• → German: Hyakinthos, Hyazinth
• Greek: Υάκινθος (Yákinthos)
• → Hebrew: יקינתון (Yakinton)
• → Italian: Giacinto
• → Japanese: ヒュアキントス (Hyuakintosu)
• → Latin: Hyacinthus
• → Polish: Hiakintos, Hiacynt, Jacenty, Jacek
• → Portuguese: Jacinto
• → Russian: Гиацинт (Giacint)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Хијакинт, Hijakint
• → Slovene: Hijacint
• → Spanish: Jacinto

References

• “Ὑάκινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ὑάκινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013