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πλαταγώνιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλαταγώνιον πλαταγώνιου

Structure: πλαταγωνι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: platage/w

Sense

  1. the broad petal of the poppy or anemone, with a loud crack

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πλαταγώνιον πλαταγωνίω πλαταγώνια
Genitive πλαταγωνίου πλαταγωνίοιν πλαταγωνίων
Dative πλαταγωνίῳ πλαταγωνίοιν πλαταγωνίοις
Accusative πλαταγώνιον πλαταγωνίω πλαταγώνια
Vocative πλαταγώνιον πλαταγωνίω πλαταγώνια

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ δ’ αὐτῆσ μήκωνοσ ἄπο πλαταγώνια βάλλοισ, ἄβρωτον κώδειαν ὄφρα κνώπεσσι φυλάξῃ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 31 4:2)
  • φυλάττει δ’ ἐπὶ τῷ ἐπιθέματι τὸν καρπὸν διὰ παντὸσ τοῦ κάλυκοσ ὄντα βοτάνησ σπέρματι τῆσ σιδηρίτιδοσ ὅμοιον, ἀφίησι δ’ ἄνθοσ τῷ τῆσ μήκωνοσ πλαταγωνίῳ δυνάμενον δοκεῖν ἐμφερὲσ εἶναι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 221:1)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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