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σίλφιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: σίλφιον σιλφίου

Structure: σιλφι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. laserwort, silphium, silphion

Declension

Second declension

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

  • οὐδ’ ἂν εἰ δοίησ γέ μοι τὸν Πλοῦτον αὐτὸν καὶ τὸ Βάττου σίλφιον. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 2:29)
  • κοὐδ’ οὖν, εἴπερ ταῦτα δοκεῖ δρᾶν, ὀπτησάμενοι παρέθενθ’ ὑμᾶσ, ἀλλ’ ἐπικνῶσιν τυρὸν ἔλαιον σίλφιον ὄξοσ καὶ τρίψαντεσ κατάχυσμ’ ἕτερον γλυκὺ καὶ λιπαρόν, κἄπειτα κατεσκέδασαν θερμὸν τοῦτο καθ’ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ὥσπερ κενεβρείων. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, pnigos4)
  • φέρε σίλφιον· (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 1:16)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐπικνῶ τὸ σίλφιον. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 1:20)
  • εἶτα δῆτα σίλφιον εἴπικνῇσ πρότερον αὐτοῖσιν; (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 1:23)

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