βαλαύστιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βαλώστιον (balṓstion)
Etymology
The variant "αυ/ω" is typical of Pre-Greek. Probably related also to βάλαρις (bálaris) and βαλλωτή (ballōtḗ).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /baˈlaʍs.ti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaˈlaɸs.ti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vaˈlafs.ti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈlafs.ti.on/
Noun
βαλαύστιον • (balaústion) n (genitive βαλαυστίου); second declension
- flower of the wild pomegranate
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βαλαύστιον tò balaústion |
τὼ βαλαυστίω tṑ balaustíō |
τᾰ̀ βαλαύστιᾰ tà balaústia | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βαλαυστίου toû balaustíou |
τοῖν βαλαυστίοιν toîn balaustíoin |
τῶν βαλαυστίων tôn balaustíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βαλαυστίῳ tôi balaustíōi |
τοῖν βαλαυστίοιν toîn balaustíoin |
τοῖς βαλαυστίοις toîs balaustíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βαλαύστιον tò balaústion |
τὼ βαλαυστίω tṑ balaustíō |
τᾰ̀ βαλαύστιᾰ tà balaústia | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βαλαύστιον balaústion |
βαλαυστίω balaustíō |
βαλαύστιᾰ balaústia | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βαλαυστιουργός (balaustiourgós)
- βαλαύστρινος (balaústrinos)
Descendants
- Latin: balaustium
- → Italian: balaustro
Further reading
- βαλαύστιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βαλαύστιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βαλαύστιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- 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
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