"μηκώνιον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μηκώνιον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɛː.kɔ̌ː.ni.on/, /miˈko.ni.on/, /miˈko.ni.on/, /mɛː.kɔ̌ː.ni.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me̝ˈko.ni.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /miˈko.ni.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /miˈko.ni.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /miˈko.ni.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|μήκων|-ιον|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=poppy}} μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μηκώνῐ́ου|n|second|head=μηκώνῐον}} μηκώνῐον • (mēkṓnĭon) n (genitive μηκώνῐ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μηκώνῐον|ου|form=N}} Forms: μηκώνῐον [canonical], mēkṓnĭon [romanization], μηκώνῐ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ μηκώνῐον [nominative, singular], μηκωνῐ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ μηκώνῐᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ μηκωνῐ́ου [genitive, singular], μηκωνῐ́οιν [dual, genitive], μηκωνῐ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ μηκωνῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], μηκωνῐ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μηκωνῐ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ μηκώνῐον [accusative, singular], μηκωνῐ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ μηκώνῐᾰ [accusative, plural], μηκώνῐον [singular, vocative], μηκωνῐ́ω [dual, vocative], μηκώνῐᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. opium
    Sense id: en-μηκώνιον-grc-noun-J6ReDoZ2 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41
  2. meconium, discharge from the bowels of new-born children
    Sense id: en-μηκώνιον-grc-noun-QE4lG2jX Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιον, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 40 60 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιον: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Feces Disambiguation of Feces: 0 0
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