ἱεροβοτάνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῐ̔ερός (hĭerós, “sacred, holy”) + βοτᾰ́νη (botắnē, “grass, herb, fodder”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.e.ro.bo.tá.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)i.e.ro.boˈta.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.e.ro.βoˈta.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.e.ro.voˈta.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.e.ro.voˈta.ni/
Noun
ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́νη • (hĭerobotắnē) f (genitive ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́νης); first declension
- vervain (Verbena officinalis)
- Synonym: περῐστέρῐον (perĭstérĭon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́νη hē hĭerobotắnē |
τὼ ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ hĭerobotắnā |
αἱ ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́ναι hai hĭerobotắnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́νης tês hĭerobotắnēs |
τοῖν ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́ναιν toîn hĭerobotắnain |
τῶν ῐ̔εροβοτᾰνῶν tôn hĭerobotănôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́νῃ tēî hĭerobotắnēi |
τοῖν ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́ναιν toîn hĭerobotắnain |
ταῖς ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́ναις taîs hĭerobotắnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́νην tḕn hĭerobotắnēn |
τὼ ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ hĭerobotắnā |
τᾱ̀ς ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s hĭerobotắnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́νη hĭerobotắnē |
ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́νᾱ hĭerobotắnā |
ῐ̔εροβοτᾰ́ναι hĭerobotắnai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἱεροβοτάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱεροβοτάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette