χελιδόνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χελιδών (khelidṓn, “swallow”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

χελῑδόνῐον • (khelīdónion) n (genitive χελῑδονῐ́ου); second declension

  1. greater celandine (Chelidonium majus)
    Synonyms: ἐλῠ́δρῐον (elúdrion), ὀθόννᾰ (othónna)
  2. young swallow

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ χελῑδόνῐον; τοῦ χελῑδονῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ χελῑδόνῐον
tò khelīdónion		 τὼ χελῑδονῐ́ω
tṑ khelīdoníō		 τᾰ̀ χελῑδόνῐᾰ
tà khelīdónia
Genitive τοῦ χελῑδονῐ́ου
toû khelīdoníou		 τοῖν χελῑδονῐ́οιν
toîn khelīdoníoin		 τῶν χελῑδονῐ́ων
tôn khelīdoníōn
Dative τῷ χελῑδονῐ́ῳ
tôi khelīdoníōi		 τοῖν χελῑδονῐ́οιν
toîn khelīdoníoin		 τοῖς χελῑδονῐ́οις
toîs khelīdoníois
Accusative τὸ χελῑδόνῐον
tò khelīdónion		 τὼ χελῑδονῐ́ω
tṑ khelīdoníō		 τᾰ̀ χελῑδόνῐᾰ
tà khelīdónia
Vocative χελῑδόνῐον
khelīdónion		 χελῑδονῐ́ω
khelīdoníō		 χελῑδόνῐᾰ
khelīdónia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: χελιδόνι (chelidóni)
  • Pontic Greek: χ̌ελιδόνιν (šelidónin), χ̌ελιδόν' (šelidón'), χ̌ελιδόνι (šelidóni)
    • Laz: მშირიდონი (mşiridoni), შკელიდონი (şǩelidoni), შილიდონი (şilidoni); შკირდონი (şǩirdoni)
  • → Translingual: Chelidonium

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