σέλινον

See also: selinon

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    Borrowed from some non-Indo-European source, perhaps Pre-Greek. Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀮𐀪𐀜 (se-ri-no).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    σέλῑνον • (sélīnon) n (genitive σελῑ́νου); second declension

    1. celery

    Declension

    Second declension of τὸ σέλῑνον; τοῦ σελῑ́νου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative τὸ σέλῑνον
    tò sélīnon     		τὼ σελῑ́νω
    tṑ selī́nō     		τᾰ̀ σέλῑνᾰ
    tằ sélīnă
    Genitive τοῦ σελῑ́νου
    toû selī́nou     		τοῖν σελῑ́νοιν
    toîn selī́noin     		τῶν σελῑ́νων
    tôn selī́nōn
    Dative τῷ σελῑ́νῳ
    tōî selī́nōi     		τοῖν σελῑ́νοιν
    toîn selī́noin     		τοῖς σελῑ́νοις
    toîs selī́nois
    Accusative τὸ σέλῑνον
    tò sélīnon     		τὼ σελῑ́νω
    tṑ selī́nō     		τᾰ̀ σέλῑνᾰ
    tằ sélīnă
    Vocative σέλῑνον
    sélīnon     		σελῑ́νω
    selī́nō     		σέλῑνᾰ
    sélīnă
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: σέλινο (sélino)
      • → Albanian: selino
      • → Bulgarian: це́лина (célina)
    • → Ge'ez: ሲላን (silan), ሲለን (silän), ስለን (səlän)
    • → Late Latin: selīnon, selīnum (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σέλῑνον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1319

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