βέλεμνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to hit by throwing”), the same root of βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βέλεμνον • (bélemnon) n (genitive βελέμνου); second declension

  1. dart, javelin
  2. projectile

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ βέλεμνον; τοῦ βελέμνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βέλεμνον
tò bélemnon		 τὼ βελέμνω
tṑ belémnō		 τᾰ̀ βέλεμνᾰ
tà bélemna
Genitive τοῦ βελέμνου
toû belémnou		 τοῖν βελέμνοιν
toîn belémnoin		 τῶν βελέμνων
tôn belémnōn
Dative τῷ βελέμνῳ
tôi belémnōi		 τοῖν βελέμνοιν
toîn belémnoin		 τοῖς βελέμνοις
toîs belémnois
Accusative τὸ βέλεμνον
tò bélemnon		 τὼ βελέμνω
tṑ belémnō		 τᾰ̀ βέλεμνᾰ
tà bélemna
Vocative βέλεμνον
bélemnon		 βελέμνω
belémnō		 βέλεμνᾰ
bélemna
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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