μελαμπράσιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέλᾱς (mélās, “black”) + πρᾰ́σῐον (prắsĭon, “white horehound”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.lam.prá.si.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.lamˈpra.si.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.lamˈpra.si.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.lamˈpra.si.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.lamˈbra.si.on/
Noun
μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον • (melămprắsĭon) n (genitive μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον tò melămprắsĭon |
τὼ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ω tṑ melămprăsĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ melămprắsĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ου toû melămprăsĭ́ou |
τοῖν μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́οιν toîn melămprăsĭ́oin |
τῶν μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ων tôn melămprăsĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ῳ tōî melămprăsĭ́ōi |
τοῖν μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́οιν toîn melămprăsĭ́oin |
τοῖς μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́οις toîs melămprăsĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον tò melămprắsĭon |
τὼ μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ω tṑ melămprăsĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ melămprắsĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐον melămprắsĭon |
μελᾰμπρᾰσῐ́ω melămprăsĭ́ō |
μελᾰμπρᾰ́σῐᾰ melămprắsĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μελαμπράσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μελαμπράσιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette