ὑπέρεικος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ὑπερικόν (huperikón)

Etymology

From ῠ̔πο- (hupo-, “under”) +‎ ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heath”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ὑπέρεικος • (hupéreikos) f (genitive ὑπερείκου); second declension

  1. St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
    Synonyms: ἀνδρόσαιμον (andrósaimon), ἄσκυρον (áskuron)

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ ὑπέρεικος; τῆς ὑπερείκου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὑπέρεικος
hē hupéreikos		 τὼ ὑπερείκω
tṑ hupereíkō		 αἱ ὑπέρεικοι
hai hupéreikoi
Genitive τῆς ὑπερείκου
tês hupereíkou		 τοῖν ὑπερείκοιν
toîn hupereíkoin		 τῶν ὑπερείκων
tôn hupereíkōn
Dative τῇ ὑπερείκῳ
têi hupereíkōi		 τοῖν ὑπερείκοιν
toîn hupereíkoin		 ταῖς ὑπερείκοις
taîs hupereíkois
Accusative τὴν ὑπέρεικον
tḕn hupéreikon		 τὼ ὑπερείκω
tṑ hupereíkō		 τᾱ̀ς ὑπερείκους
tā̀s hupereíkous
Vocative ὑπέρεικε
hupéreike		 ὑπερείκω
hupereíkō		 ὑπέρεικοι
hupéreikoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: hypericum
  • → Translingual: Hypericum

Further reading
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