ἡλιοτρόπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) +‎ τρέπω (trépō, “to turn”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἡλῐοτρόπῐον • (hēliotrópion) n (genitive ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ου); second declension

  1. heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum)
    Synonym: σκορπῐ́ουρον (skorpíouron)
  2. sundial, solar clock
  3. bloodstone, a green stone streaked with red

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἡλῐοτρόπῐον; τοῦ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἡλῐοτρόπῐον
tò hēliotrópion		 τὼ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ω
tṑ hēliotropíō		 τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοτρόπῐᾰ
tà hēliotrópia
Genitive τοῦ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ου
toû hēliotropíou		 τοῖν ἡλῐοτροπῐ́οιν
toîn hēliotropíoin		 τῶν ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ων
tôn hēliotropíōn
Dative τῷ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ῳ
tôi hēliotropíōi		 τοῖν ἡλῐοτροπῐ́οιν
toîn hēliotropíoin		 τοῖς ἡλῐοτροπῐ́οις
toîs hēliotropíois
Accusative τὸ ἡλῐοτρόπῐον
tò hēliotrópion		 τὼ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ω
tṑ hēliotropíō		 τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοτρόπῐᾰ
tà hēliotrópia
Vocative ἡλῐοτρόπῐον
hēliotrópion		 ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ω
hēliotropíō		 ἡλῐοτρόπῐᾰ
hēliotrópia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópio)
  • → Latin: hēliotropium

Further reading
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