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σίλφιον?

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: silphion

Principal Part: σίλφιον σιλφίου

Structure: σιλφι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. laserwort, silphium, silphion

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σίλφιον σιλφίω σίλφια
Genitive σιλφίου σιλφίοιν σιλφίων
Dative σιλφίῳ σιλφίοιν σιλφίοις
Accusative σίλφιον σιλφίω σίλφια
Vocative σίλφιον σιλφίω σίλφια

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)
  • τὸν καυλὸν οἶσθ ἐκεῖνον τοῦ σιλφίου τὸν ἄξιον γενόμενον· (Aristotle, Agon, antepirrheme 1:10)
  • 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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