αφιόνι
Greek
editEtymology
editInherited from Byzantine Greek ἀφιόνι(ον) (aphióni(on)), a medieval αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “repatriated loanword”), from Ottoman Turkish آفیون (afyon, “opium”), ultimately a reborrowing from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editαφιόνι • (afióni) n (plural αφιόνια)
- opium
- Synonym: όπιο (ópio)
- opium poppy, Papaver somniferum
- Synonym: μήκων η υπνοφόρος (míkon i ypnofóros)
- (by extension) anything that numbs, stupefies or brings one in a frantic state
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | αφιόνι (afióni) | αφιόνια (afiónia) |
genitive | αφιονιού (afionioú) | αφιονιών (afionión) |
accusative | αφιόνι (afióni) | αφιόνια (afiónia) |
vocative | αφιόνι (afióni) | αφιόνια (afiónia) |
Derived terms
edit- αφιονίζω (afionízo, verb)
- αφιονισμός m (afionismós)
References
edit- αφιόνι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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- Greek terms inherited from Byzantine Greek
- Greek terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Greek terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Greek terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Arabic
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