σίλφιον in Ancient Greek

IPA: /síl.pʰi.on/, /ˈsil.ɸi.on/, /ˈsil.fi.on/, /síl.pʰi.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈsil.pʰi.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈsil.ɸi.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈsil.fi.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈsil.fi.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Probably cognate with Latin sirpe. Etymology templates: {{cog|la|sirpe}} Latin sirpe Head templates: {{grc-noun|σῐ́λφῐον|σῐλφῐ́ου|n|second}} σῐ́λφῐον • (sĭ́lphĭon) n (genitive σῐλφῐ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σῐ́λφῐον|ου|form=N}} Forms: σῐ́λφῐον [canonical], sĭ́lphĭon [romanization], σῐλφῐ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ σῐ́λφῐον [nominative, singular], σῐλφῐ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ σῐ́λφῐᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ σῐλφῐ́ου [genitive, singular], σῐλφῐ́οιν [dual, genitive], σῐλφῐ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ σῐλφῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], σῐλφῐ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς σῐλφῐ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ σῐ́λφῐον [accusative, singular], σῐλφῐ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ σῐ́λφῐᾰ [accusative, plural], σῐ́λφῐον [singular, vocative], σῐλφῐ́ω [dual, vocative], σῐ́λφῐᾰ [plural, vocative]

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      "ipa": "/ˈsil.fi.on/",
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    }
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}

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"σίλφιον" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun