μήνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μήν (mḗn, “month”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μήνῐον • (mḗnion) n (genitive μηνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. common peony (Paeonia officinalis)
    Synonyms: ᾱ̓γλᾰοφῶτῐς (āglaophôtis), γλαβρήνη (glabrḗnē), γλυκυσίδη (glukusídē), ὀρόβαξ (oróbax)

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ μήνῐον; τοῦ μηνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ μήνῐον
tò mḗnion		 τὼ μηνῐ́ω
tṑ mēníō		 τᾰ̀ μήνῐᾰ
tà mḗnia
Genitive τοῦ μηνῐ́ου
toû mēníou		 τοῖν μηνῐ́οιν
toîn mēníoin		 τῶν μηνῐ́ων
tôn mēníōn
Dative τῷ μηνῐ́ῳ
tôi mēníōi		 τοῖν μηνῐ́οιν
toîn mēníoin		 τοῖς μηνῐ́οις
toîs mēníois
Accusative τὸ μήνῐον
tò mḗnion		 τὼ μηνῐ́ω
tṑ mēníō		 τᾰ̀ μήνῐᾰ
tà mḗnia
Vocative μήνῐον
mḗnion		 μηνῐ́ω
mēníō		 μήνῐᾰ
mḗnia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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