μηκώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μηκώνῐον • (mēkṓnion) n (genitive μηκώνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. opium
  2. meconium, discharge from the bowels of new-born children

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ μηκώνῐον; τοῦ μηκωνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ μηκώνῐον
tò mēkṓnion		 τὼ μηκωνῐ́ω
tṑ mēkōníō		 τᾰ̀ μηκώνῐᾰ
tà mēkṓnia
Genitive τοῦ μηκωνῐ́ου
toû mēkōníou		 τοῖν μηκωνῐ́οιν
toîn mēkōníoin		 τῶν μηκωνῐ́ων
tôn mēkōníōn
Dative τῷ μηκωνῐ́ῳ
tôi mēkōníōi		 τοῖν μηκωνῐ́οιν
toîn mēkōníoin		 τοῖς μηκωνῐ́οις
toîs mēkōníois
Accusative τὸ μηκώνῐον
tò mēkṓnion		 τὼ μηκωνῐ́ω
tṑ mēkōníō		 τᾰ̀ μηκώνῐᾰ
tà mēkṓnia
Vocative μηκώνῐον
mēkṓnion		 μηκωνῐ́ω
mēkōníō		 μηκώνῐᾰ
mēkṓnia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: mēcōnium

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