ὀρνιθόγαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) +‎ γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /or.niː.tʰó.ɡa.lon/ → /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/ → /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /or.niː.tʰó.ɡa.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /or.niˈtʰo.ɡa.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/

Noun

ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον • (ornīthógalon) n (genitive ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λου); second declension

1. star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον; τοῦ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον tò ornīthógalon	τὼ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λω tṑ ornīthogálō	τᾰ̀ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλᾰ tà ornīthógala
Genitive	τοῦ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λου toû ornīthogálou	τοῖν ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λοιν toîn ornīthogáloin	τῶν ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λων tôn ornīthogálōn
Dative	τῷ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λῳ tôi ornīthogálōi	τοῖν ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λοιν toîn ornīthogáloin	τοῖς ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λοις toîs ornīthogálois
Accusative	τὸ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον tò ornīthógalon	τὼ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λω tṑ ornīthogálō	τᾰ̀ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλᾰ tà ornīthógala
Vocative	ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον ornīthógalon	ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λω ornīthogálō	ὀρνῑθόγᾰλᾰ ornīthógala
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ornithogale
  • → French: ornithogale
• → Translingual: Ornithogalum

References

• “ὀρνιθόγαλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀρνιθόγαλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette