"λύκιον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See λύκιον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lý.ki.on/, /ˈly.ci.on/, /ˈli.ci.on/, /lý.ki.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈly.ki.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈly.ci.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈly.ci.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈli.ci.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Maybe from Λυκία (Lukía, “Lycia”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), because this plant grows mainly in Cappadocia and Lycia. Etymology templates: {{af|grc|Λυκία|-ιον|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=Lycia}} Λυκία (Lukía, “Lycia”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|λύκῐον|λῠκίου|n|second}} λύκῐον • (lúkĭon) n (genitive λῠκίου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λύ̆κῐον|ου}} Forms: λύκῐον [canonical], lúkĭon [romanization], λῠκίου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ λῠ́κῐον [nominative, singular], τὼ λῠκῐ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ λῠ́κῐᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ λῠκῐ́ου [genitive, singular], τοῖν λῠκῐ́οιν [dual, genitive], τῶν λῠκῐ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ λῠκῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν λῠκῐ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς λῠκῐ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ λῠ́κῐον [accusative, singular], τὼ λῠκῐ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ λῠ́κῐᾰ [accusative, plural], λῠ́κῐον [singular, vocative], λῠκῐ́ω [dual, vocative], λῠ́κῐᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. dyer's buckthorn (Rhamnus saxatilis) Categories (lifeform): Buckthorn family plants
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