ἰξίνη
Ancient Greek
    
    Etymology
    
From ἰξός (ixós, “mistletoe”) with a suffix found in other plant names, like βαλσαμίνη (balsamínē) and ἑλλεβορίνη (helleborínē).
Pronunciation
    
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ik.sǐː.nɛː/
 - (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ikˈsi.ne̝/
 - (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ikˈsi.ni/
 - (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ikˈsi.ni/
 - (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ikˈsi.ni/
 
Noun
    
ἰξῑ́νη • (ixī́nē) f (genitive ἰξῑ́νης); first declension
- carline thistle (Carlina gummifera)
- Synonym: ἰξῐ́ᾱ (ixíā)
 
 
Inflection
    
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἰξῑ́νη hē ixī́nē  | 
τὼ ἰξῑ́νᾱ tṑ ixī́nā  | 
αἱ ἰξῖναι hai ixînai  | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἰξῑ́νης tês ixī́nēs  | 
τοῖν ἰξῑ́ναιν toîn ixī́nain  | 
τῶν ἰξῑνῶν tôn ixīnôn  | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἰξῑ́νῃ têi ixī́nēi  | 
τοῖν ἰξῑ́ναιν toîn ixī́nain  | 
ταῖς ἰξῑ́ναις taîs ixī́nais  | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἰξῑ́νην tḕn ixī́nēn  | 
τὼ ἰξῑ́νᾱ tṑ ixī́nā  | 
τᾱ̀ς ἰξῑ́νᾱς tā̀s ixī́nās  | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἰξῑ́νη ixī́nē  | 
ἰξῑ́νᾱ ixī́nā  | 
ἰξῖναι ixînai  | ||||||||||
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Further reading
    
- “ἰξίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
 - ἰξίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
 
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