ἀβρότονον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ἁβρότονον (habrótonon)

Etymology

Unknown, but probably a loanword. Connected with ἁβρός (habrós, “delicate”) by folk etymology. According to Bailey, from Akkadian 𒄑𒃾𒄈 (amurdinnu, “thorned flower”). Perhaps transmitted by a substrate language.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἀβρότονον • (abrótonon) n (genitive ἀβροτόνου); second declension

  1. tree wormwood (Artemisia arborescens)
  2. southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum)

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἀβρότονον; τοῦ ἀβροτόνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἀβρότονον
tò abrótonon		 τὼ ἀβροτόνω
tṑ abrotónō		 τᾰ̀ ἀβρότονᾰ
tà abrótona
Genitive τοῦ ἀβροτόνου
toû abrotónou		 τοῖν ἀβροτόνοιν
toîn abrotónoin		 τῶν ἀβροτόνων
tôn abrotónōn
Dative τῷ ἀβροτόνῳ
tôi abrotónōi		 τοῖν ἀβροτόνοιν
toîn abrotónoin		 τοῖς ἀβροτόνοις
toîs abrotónois
Accusative τὸ ἀβρότονον
tò abrótonon		 τὼ ἀβροτόνω
tṑ abrotónō		 τᾰ̀ ἀβρότονᾰ
tà abrótona
Vocative ἀβρότονον
abrótonon		 ἀβροτόνω
abrotónō		 ἀβρότονᾰ
abrótona
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀβρότονον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 6

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