"μανδραγόρας" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μανδραγόρας in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /man.dra.ɡó.raːs/, /man.draˈɣo.ras/, /man.draˈɣo.ras/, /man.dra.ɡó.raːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /man.draˈɡo.ras/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /man.draˈɣo.ras/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /man.draˈɣo.ras/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /man.draˈɣo.ras/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Unexplained. Maybe from Old Persian *merdum gija (“plant of humans”), but it could be a folk-etymological adaptation of a foreign word. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|Unexplained}} Unexplained, {{der|grc|peo|*merdum gija||plant of humans}} Old Persian *merdum gija (“plant of humans”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μᾰνδρᾰγόρου|m|first|head=μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς}} μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς • (măndrăgórās) m (genitive μᾰνδρᾰγόρου); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς|μᾰνδρᾰγόρου|form=M}} Forms: μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς [canonical], măndrăgórās [romanization], μᾰνδρᾰγόρου [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ὁ μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς [nominative, singular], τὼ μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱ [dual, nominative], οἱ μᾰνδρᾰγόραι [nominative, plural], τοῦ μᾰνδρᾰγόρου [genitive, singular], τοῖν μᾰνδρᾰγόραιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μᾰνδρᾰγορῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν μᾰνδρᾰγόραιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μᾰνδρᾰγόραις [dative, plural], τὸν μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱ [accusative, dual], τοὺς μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς [accusative, plural], μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱ [singular, vocative], μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱ [dual, vocative], μᾰνδρᾰγόραι [plural, vocative]
  1. mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) Categories (lifeform): Nightshades Synonyms: ἀλοῖτις, μώριος Derived forms: μανδραγοριζομένη (mandragorizoménē), μανδραγορικός (mandragorikós), μανδραγορίτης (mandragorítēs)
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Mandragora",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Mandragora",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Mandragora"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܡܢܕܪܓܪܘܢ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mndrgrwn"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܡܢܕܪܓܪܘܢ (mndrgrwn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܡܢܕܪܓܪܘܢ (mndrgrwn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "mandragorās",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: mandragorās",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: mandragorās (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "մանրագոր",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: մանրագոր (manragor)\n→ Armenian: մանրագոր (manragor) (learned)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: մանրագոր (manragor)\n→ Armenian: մանրագոր (manragor) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "манъдрагора",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Church Slavonic: манъдрагора (manŭdragora)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Church Slavonic: манъдрагора (manŭdragora)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "mandragoră",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: mandragoră",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: mandragoră"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oge",
            "2": "მანდრაგორი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Georgian: მანდრაგორი (mandragori), მანდრაგური (mandraguri), მარდაგონი (mardagoni)\n⇒ Georgian: მანდრაგორა (mandragora)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Georgian: მანდრაგორი (mandragori), მანდრაგური (mandraguri), მარდაგონი (mardagoni)\n⇒ Georgian: მანდრაგორა (mandragora)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Unexplained"
      },
      "expansion": "Unexplained",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "*merdum gija",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plant of humans"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian *merdum gija (“plant of humans”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unexplained. Maybe from Old Persian *merdum gija (“plant of humans”), but it could be a folk-etymological adaptation of a foreign word.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "măndrăgórās",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς",
      "roman": "ho măndrăgórās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ măndrăgórā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ μᾰνδρᾰγόραι",
      "roman": "hoi măndrăgórai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μᾰνδρᾰγόρου",
      "roman": "toû măndrăgórou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾰνδρᾰγόραιν",
      "roman": "toîn măndrăgórain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μᾰνδρᾰγορῶν",
      "roman": "tôn măndrăgorôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾳ",
      "roman": "tôi măndrăgórāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾰνδρᾰγόραιν",
      "roman": "toîn măndrăgórain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μᾰνδρᾰγόραις",
      "roman": "toîs măndrăgórais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱν",
      "roman": "tòn măndrăgórān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ măndrăgórā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς",
      "roman": "toùs măndrăgórās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱ",
      "roman": "măndrăgórā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱ",
      "roman": "măndrăgórā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾰνδρᾰγόραι",
      "roman": "măndrăgórai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς"
      },
      "expansion": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς • (măndrăgórās) m (genitive μᾰνδρᾰγόρου); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς",
        "2": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρου",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Nightshades",
          "orig": "grc:Nightshades",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "mandragorizoménē",
          "word": "μανδραγοριζομένη"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mandragorikós",
          "word": "μανδραγορικός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mandragorítēs",
          "word": "μανδραγορίτης"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mandrake (Mandragora officinarum)"
      ],
      "id": "en-μανδραγόρας-grc-noun-uSmwR~4t",
      "links": [
        [
          "mandrake",
          "mandrake"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ἀλοῖτις"
        },
        {
          "word": "μώριος"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/man.dra.ɡó.raːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.draˈɣo.ras/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.draˈɣo.ras/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.dra.ɡó.raːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.draˈɡo.ras/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.draˈɣo.ras/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.draˈɣo.ras/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.draˈɣo.ras/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μανδραγόρας"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "mandragorizoménē",
      "word": "μανδραγοριζομένη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mandragorikós",
      "word": "μανδραγορικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mandragorítēs",
      "word": "μανδραγορίτης"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Mandragora",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Mandragora",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Mandragora"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܡܢܕܪܓܪܘܢ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mndrgrwn"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܡܢܕܪܓܪܘܢ (mndrgrwn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܡܢܕܪܓܪܘܢ (mndrgrwn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "mandragorās",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: mandragorās",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: mandragorās (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "մանրագոր",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: մանրագոր (manragor)\n→ Armenian: մանրագոր (manragor) (learned)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: մանրագոր (manragor)\n→ Armenian: մանրագոր (manragor) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "манъдрагора",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Church Slavonic: манъдрагора (manŭdragora)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Church Slavonic: манъдрагора (manŭdragora)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "mandragoră",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: mandragoră",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: mandragoră"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oge",
            "2": "მანდრაგორი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Georgian: მანდრაგორი (mandragori), მანდრაგური (mandraguri), მარდაგონი (mardagoni)\n⇒ Georgian: მანდრაგორა (mandragora)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Georgian: მანდრაგორი (mandragori), მანდრაგური (mandraguri), მარდაგონი (mardagoni)\n⇒ Georgian: მანდრაგორა (mandragora)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Unexplained"
      },
      "expansion": "Unexplained",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "*merdum gija",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plant of humans"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian *merdum gija (“plant of humans”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unexplained. Maybe from Old Persian *merdum gija (“plant of humans”), but it could be a folk-etymological adaptation of a foreign word.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "măndrăgórās",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς",
      "roman": "ho măndrăgórās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ măndrăgórā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ μᾰνδρᾰγόραι",
      "roman": "hoi măndrăgórai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μᾰνδρᾰγόρου",
      "roman": "toû măndrăgórou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾰνδρᾰγόραιν",
      "roman": "toîn măndrăgórain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μᾰνδρᾰγορῶν",
      "roman": "tôn măndrăgorôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾳ",
      "roman": "tôi măndrăgórāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾰνδρᾰγόραιν",
      "roman": "toîn măndrăgórain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μᾰνδρᾰγόραις",
      "roman": "toîs măndrăgórais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱν",
      "roman": "tòn măndrăgórān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ măndrăgórā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς",
      "roman": "toùs măndrăgórās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱ",
      "roman": "măndrăgórā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱ",
      "roman": "măndrăgórā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾰνδρᾰγόραι",
      "roman": "măndrăgórai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς"
      },
      "expansion": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς • (măndrăgórās) m (genitive μᾰνδρᾰγόρου); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς",
        "2": "μᾰνδρᾰγόρου",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 4-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Old Persian",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Nightshades"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mandrake (Mandragora officinarum)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mandrake",
          "mandrake"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ἀλοῖτις"
        },
        {
          "word": "μώριος"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/man.dra.ɡó.raːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.draˈɣo.ras/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.draˈɣo.ras/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.dra.ɡó.raːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.draˈɡo.ras/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.draˈɣo.ras/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.draˈɣo.ras/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/man.draˈɣo.ras/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μανδραγόρας"
}

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