ἄργεμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Connected to *ἄργος (*árgos) in ἀργεστής (argestḗs, “north-west wind”) and ἀργεννός (argennós, “white”), like ἄνθεμον (ánthemon) to ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”), yet the latter derivation is difficult. Further connected to ἀργός (argós, “white”). Regarding the plant significations this has together with ἀργεμώνη (argemṓnē, “pale poppy, Papaver argemone; agrimony”) been put to Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu, “purple”) which has given rise to the names of various purple plants.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár.ɡe.mon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡe.mon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ʝe.mon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ʝe.mon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ʝe.mon/

Noun

ἄργεμον • (árgemon) n (genitive ἀργέμου); second declension

(pathology) albugo, a white speck on the eye
Synonym: λεύκωμᾰ (leúkōma)
herb bennet, avens (Geum urbanum)
upper part of the fingernail

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄργεμον; τοῦ ἀργέμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄργεμον tò árgemon	τὼ ἀργέμω tṑ argémō	τᾰ̀ ἄργεμᾰ tà árgema
Genitive	τοῦ ἀργέμου toû argémou	τοῖν ἀργέμοιν toîn argémoin	τῶν ἀργέμων tôn argémōn
Dative	τῷ ἀργέμῳ tôi argémōi	τοῖν ἀργέμοιν toîn argémoin	τοῖς ἀργέμοις toîs argémois
Accusative	τὸ ἄργεμον tò árgemon	τὼ ἀργέμω tṑ argémō	τᾰ̀ ἄργεμᾰ tà árgema
Vocative	ἄργεμον árgemon	ἀργέμω argémō	ἄργεμᾰ árgema
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ἀργεμώνη (argemṓnē)