ῥοδόδενδρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) +‎ δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥o.dó.den.dron/ → /roˈðo.ðen.dron/ → /roˈðo.ðen.dron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥o.dó.den.dron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /roˈdo.den.dron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /roˈðo.ðen.dron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /roˈðo.ðen.dron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /roˈðo.ðen.dron/

Noun

ῥοδόδενδρον • (rhodódendron) n (genitive ῥοδοδένδρου); second declension

1. rosebay, oleander (Nerium oleander)

   Synonyms: νήριον (nḗrion), ῥοδοδάφνη (rhododáphnē)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ῥοδόδενδρον; τοῦ ῥοδοδένδρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥοδόδενδρον tò rhodódendron	τὼ ῥοδοδένδρω tṑ rhododéndrō	τᾰ̀ ῥοδόδενδρᾰ tà rhodódendra
Genitive	τοῦ ῥοδοδένδρου toû rhododéndrou	τοῖν ῥοδοδένδροιν toîn rhododéndroin	τῶν ῥοδοδένδρων tôn rhododéndrōn
Dative	τῷ ῥοδοδένδρῳ tôi rhododéndrōi	τοῖν ῥοδοδένδροιν toîn rhododéndroin	τοῖς ῥοδοδένδροις toîs rhododéndrois
Accusative	τὸ ῥοδόδενδρον tò rhodódendron	τὼ ῥοδοδένδρω tṑ rhododéndrō	τᾰ̀ ῥοδόδενδρᾰ tà rhodódendra
Vocative	ῥοδόδενδρον rhodódendron	ῥοδοδένδρω rhododéndrō	ῥοδόδενδρᾰ rhodódendra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: rhododendron
  • → Translingual: Rhododendron

Further reading

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