συκόφυλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) +‎ φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /syː.kó.pʰyl.lon/ → /syˈko.ɸyl.lon/ → /siˈko.fi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syː.kó.pʰyl.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syˈko.pʰyl.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syˈko.ɸyl.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syˈko.fyl.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈko.fi.lon/

Noun

σῡκόφῠλλον • (sūkóphullon) n (genitive σῡκοφῠ́λλου); second declension

1. fig leaf

   Synonym: θρῖον (thrîon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῡκόφῠλλον; τοῦ σῡκοφῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῡκόφῠλλον tò sūkóphullon	τὼ σῡκοφῠ́λλω tṑ sūkophúllō	τᾰ̀ σῡκόφῠλλᾰ tà sūkóphulla
Genitive	τοῦ σῡκοφῠ́λλου toû sūkophúllou	τοῖν σῡκοφῠ́λλοιν toîn sūkophúlloin	τῶν σῡκοφῠ́λλων tôn sūkophúllōn
Dative	τῷ σῡκοφῠ́λλῳ tôi sūkophúllōi	τοῖν σῡκοφῠ́λλοιν toîn sūkophúlloin	τοῖς σῡκοφῠ́λλοις toîs sūkophúllois
Accusative	τὸ σῡκόφῠλλον tò sūkóphullon	τὼ σῡκοφῠ́λλω tṑ sūkophúllō	τᾰ̀ σῡκόφῠλλᾰ tà sūkóphulla
Vocative	σῡκόφῠλλον sūkóphullon	σῡκοφῠ́λλω sūkophúllō	σῡκόφῠλλᾰ sūkóphulla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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