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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

  • τὸν καυλὸν οἶσθ’ ἐκεῖνον τοῦ σιλφίου τὸν ἄξιον γενόμενον; (Aristotle, Agon, antepirrheme 1:10)
  • ἀλλὰ ἡ Κυρήνη γὰρ τῆσ Λιβύησ ἐν τοῖσι ἐρημοτέροισι πεπολισμένη ποιώδησ τέ ἐστι καὶ εὐύδροσ καὶ καρπῶν παντοίων καὶ κτηνέων πάμφοροσ ἔστε ἐπὶ τοῦ σιλφίου τὰσ ἐκφύσιασ· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 43 13:1)
  • ἀστάφιδοσ, ἁλῶν, σιραίου, σιλφίου, τυροῦ, θύμου, σησάμου, νίτρου, κυμίνου, ῥοῦ, μέλιτοσ, ὀριγάνου, βοτανίων, ὄξουσ, ἐλαῶν, εἰσ ἀβυρτάκην χλόησ, καππάριδοσ, ᾠῶν, ταρίχουσ, καρδάμων, θρίων, ὀποῦ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 77 1:8)
  • πλησίον δέ γε ταύτησ ἄσιτοσ ἡμέραν καὶ νύχθ’ ὅλην κεστρεὺσ λοπισθείσ, ἁλσὶ πασθείσ, ἐκστραφείσ, χρωσθείσ, ὁμοῦ τι πρὸσ τέλοσ δρόμου περῶν, σίζει κεκραγώσ, παῖσ δ’ ἐφέστηκε ῥανῶν ὄξει, Λίβυσ τε καυλὸσ ἐξηρασμένοσ ἀκτῖσι θείαισ σιλφίου παραστατεῖ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 17 3:6)
  • ἀλλὰ διαφθείρουσι κακῶσ τυροῦντεσ ἅπαντα ὄξει τε ῥαίνοντεσ ὑγρῷ καὶ σιλφίου ἅλμῃ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 86 4:1)

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