ὀροβάγχη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • (Hesychius) ὀροβάκχη (orobákkhē)

Etymology

From ὄροβος (órobos, “bitter vetch”) +‎ ἄγχω (ánkhō, “I strangle”) +‎ -η (-ē, suffix forming action nouns).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ὀροβάγχη • (orobánkhē) f (genitive ὀροβάγχης); first declension

  1. greater dodder (Cuscuta europaea)
  2. A broomrape, perhaps bean broomrape (Orobanche crenata)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ὀροβάγχη; τῆς ὀροβάγχης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὀροβάγχη
hē orobánkhē		 τὼ ὀροβάγχᾱ
tṑ orobánkhā		 αἱ ὀροβάγχαι
hai orobánkhai
Genitive τῆς ὀροβάγχης
tês orobánkhēs		 τοῖν ὀροβάγχαιν
toîn orobánkhain		 τῶν ὀροβαγχῶν
tôn orobankhôn
Dative τῇ ὀροβάγχῃ
têi orobánkhēi		 τοῖν ὀροβάγχαιν
toîn orobánkhain		 ταῖς ὀροβάγχαις
taîs orobánkhais
Accusative τὴν ὀροβάγχην
tḕn orobánkhēn		 τὼ ὀροβάγχᾱ
tṑ orobánkhā		 τᾱ̀ς ὀροβάγχᾱς
tā̀s orobánkhās
Vocative ὀροβάγχη
orobánkhē		 ὀροβάγχᾱ
orobánkhā		 ὀροβάγχαι
orobánkhai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: orobanchē

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