ανθόκηπος

Greek

Etymology

άνθος (ánthos, “flower”) ανθό- + κήπος (kípos, “garden”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /anˈθo.ci.pos/
  • Hyphenation: αν‧θό‧κη‧πος

Noun

ανθόκηπος • (anthókipos) n (plural ανθόκηποι)

  1. flower garden

Declension
declension of ανθόκηπος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative ανθόκηπος • ανθόκηποι •
genitive ανθόκηπου •,  ανθοκήπου • ανθόκηπων •,  ανθοκήπων •
accusative ανθόκηπο • ανθόκηπους •,  ανθοκήπους •
vocative ανθόκηπε • ανθόκηποι •
Second forms are formal. The ανθόκηπων genitive plural is less common, but possibly more correct.[1]

Alternative forms
  • βυσσινόκηπος m (vyssinókipos, “cherry orchard”)
  • λαχανόκηπος m (lachanókipos, “vegetable garden”)
  • and see: άνθος n (ánthos, “flower”)

References
  1. ανθόκηπος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

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