γλαύκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlǎu̯.ki.on/ → /ˈɣlaɸ.ci.on/ → /ˈɣlaf.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlǎu̯.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaʍ.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣlaɸ.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣlaf.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣlaf.ci.on/

Noun

γλαύκῐον • (glaúkion) n (genitive γλαυκῐ́ου); second declension

1. horned poppy (Glaucium flavum)
2. common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γλαύκῐον; τοῦ γλαυκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γλαύκῐον tò glaúkion	τὼ γλαυκῐ́ω tṑ glaukíō	τᾰ̀ γλαύκῐᾰ tà glaúkia
Genitive	τοῦ γλαυκῐ́ου toû glaukíou	τοῖν γλαυκῐ́οιν toîn glaukíoin	τῶν γλαυκῐ́ων tôn glaukíōn
Dative	τῷ γλαυκῐ́ῳ tôi glaukíōi	τοῖν γλαυκῐ́οιν toîn glaukíoin	τοῖς γλαυκῐ́οις toîs glaukíois
Accusative	τὸ γλαύκῐον tò glaúkion	τὼ γλαυκῐ́ω tṑ glaukíō	τᾰ̀ γλαύκῐᾰ tà glaúkia
Vocative	γλαύκῐον glaúkion	γλαυκῐ́ω glaukíō	γλαύκῐᾰ glaúkia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Glaucium
• → Coptic: ⲕⲗⲁⲩⲕⲓⲟⲩ (klaukiou)

Further reading

• “γλαύκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γλαύκιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γλαύκιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)