πέταλον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

πέτᾰλον • (pétălon) n

  1. inflection of πέταλος (pétalos):
    1. masculine accusative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hellenic *pétalon, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂lom,[1] from *peth₂-. Compare Old High German fedelgold n (“leaf-gold”).[2]

Noun

πέτᾰλον • (pétălon) n (genitive πετᾰ́λου); second declension

  1. leaf of plant, flower, or tree
  2. thin plate of metal, leaf of metal
  3. slice
Declension
Second declension of τὸ πέτᾰλον; τοῦ πετᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πέτᾰλον
tò pétălon 		τὼ πετᾰ́λω
tṑ petắlō 		τᾰ̀ πέτᾰλᾰ
tằ pétălă
Genitive τοῦ πετᾰ́λου
toû petắlou 		τοῖν πετᾰ́λοιν
toîn petắloin 		τῶν πετᾰ́λων
tôn petắlōn
Dative τῷ πετᾰ́λῳ
tōî petắlōi 		τοῖν πετᾰ́λοιν
toîn petắloin 		τοῖς πετᾰ́λοις
toîs petắlois
Accusative τὸ πέτᾰλον
tò pétălon 		τὼ πετᾰ́λω
tṑ petắlō 		τᾰ̀ πέτᾰλᾰ
tằ pétălă
Vocative πέτᾰλον
pétălon 		πετᾰ́λω
petắlō 		πέτᾰλᾰ
pétălă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Second declension of πέτᾰλον; πετᾰ́λοιο / πετᾰ́λοο / πετᾰ́λου (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πέτᾰλον
pétălon 		πετᾰ́λω
petắlō 		πέτᾰλᾰ
pétălă
Genitive πετᾰ́λοιο / πετᾰ́λοο / πετᾰ́λου
petắloio / petắloo / petắlou 		πετᾰ́λοιῐ̈ν
petắloiĭ̈n 		πετᾰ́λων
petắlōn
Dative πετᾰ́λῳ
petắlōi 		πετᾰ́λοιῐ̈ν
petắloiĭ̈n 		πετᾰ́λοισῐ / πετᾰ́λοισῐν / πετᾰ́λοις
petắloisĭ(n) / petắlois
Accusative πέτᾰλον
pétălon 		πετᾰ́λω
petắlō 		πέτᾰλᾰ
pétălă
Vocative πέτᾰλον
pétălon 		πετᾰ́λω
petắlō 		πέτᾰλᾰ
pétălă
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants
  • Greek: πέταλο (pétalo)
  • → Catalan: pètal
  • → Dutch: petaal, petalum
  • → English: petal
  • → Esperanto: petalo
  • → French: pétale
  • → Galician: pétalo
  • → Ido: petalo
  • → Irish: peiteal
  • → Old Georgian: პეტალოჲ (ṗeṭaloy)
  • → Italian: petalo
  • → Norman: pétale
  • → Portuguese: pétala
  • → Romanian: petală
  • → Spanish: pétalo
  • → Swahili: petali

References

  1. ^ Cheung, J; Aydemir, H. (2015), “Turco-Afghanica. On East Iranian *amarnā and Turkic alma, alïmla, almïla‚ ‘apple‘”, in Na pastbišče mysli blagoj‎[1], page 82
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πετάννυμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1181
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