μαχαιρόφυλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰ́χαιρᾰ (mắkhairă, “large knife”) +‎ φῠ́λλον (phŭ́llon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον • (măkhairóphŭllon) n (genitive μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου); second declension

  1. gladiolus (plant of the genus Gladiolus)
    Synonyms: ᾰ̓νᾰκτόρῐον (ănăktórĭon), ξῐ́φῐον (xĭ́phĭon)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον; τοῦ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον
tò măkhairóphŭllon 		τὼ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω
tṑ măkhairophŭ́llō 		τᾰ̀ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ
tằ măkhairóphŭllă
Genitive τοῦ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλου
toû măkhairophŭ́llou 		τοῖν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοιν
toîn măkhairophŭ́lloin 		τῶν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλων
tôn măkhairophŭ́llōn
Dative τῷ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλῳ
tōî măkhairophŭ́llōi 		τοῖν μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοιν
toîn măkhairophŭ́lloin 		τοῖς μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλοις
toîs măkhairophŭ́llois
Accusative τὸ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον
tò măkhairóphŭllon 		τὼ μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω
tṑ măkhairophŭ́llō 		τᾰ̀ μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ
tằ măkhairóphŭllă
Vocative μᾰχαιρόφῠλλον
măkhairóphŭllon 		μᾰχαιροφῠ́λλω
măkhairophŭ́llō 		μᾰχαιρόφῠλλᾰ
măkhairóphŭllă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Machairophyllum

Further reading

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