δορύκνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No etymology. Furnée compares στρύχνον (strúkhnon). On the epenthesis, compare κόνυζα (kónuza)/κνύζα (knúza); thus he assumes that this word stands for *δρύκνιον (*drúknion), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /do.rý.kni.on/ → /ðoˈry.kni.on/ → /ðoˈri.kni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /do.rý.kni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /doˈry.kni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðoˈry.kni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðoˈry.kni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðoˈri.kni.on/

Noun

δορῠ́κνῐον • (dorúknion) n (genitive δορῠκνῐ́ου); second declension

1. Convolvulus oleifolius

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δορῠ́κνῐον; τοῦ δορῠκνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δορῠ́κνῐον tò dorúknion	τὼ δορῠκνῐ́ω tṑ dorukníō	τᾰ̀ δορῠ́κνῐᾰ tà dorúknia
Genitive	τοῦ δορῠκνῐ́ου toû dorukníou	τοῖν δορῠκνῐ́οιν toîn dorukníoin	τῶν δορῠκνῐ́ων tôn dorukníōn
Dative	τῷ δορῠκνῐ́ῳ tôi dorukníōi	τοῖν δορῠκνῐ́οιν toîn dorukníoin	τοῖς δορῠκνῐ́οις toîs dorukníois
Accusative	τὸ δορῠ́κνῐον tò dorúknion	τὼ δορῠκνῐ́ω tṑ dorukníō	τᾰ̀ δορῠ́κνῐᾰ tà dorúknia
Vocative	δορῠ́κνῐον dorúknion	δορῠκνῐ́ω dorukníō	δορῠ́κνῐᾰ dorúknia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δορυκνίδιον (doruknídion)

Descendants

• → Latin: dorycnion

Further reading

• “δορύκνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δορύκνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δορύκνιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN