κάρδαμον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Som attempted to link the word with κράδος (krádos, “twig”) or σκόροδον (skórodon, “garlic”), but it seems doubtful. The noun is clearly a loanword and it has been connected with Proto-Anatolian *karsani- (“soapweed”). According to Beekes, the suffix "-αμον" points to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kár.da.mon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkar.da.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkar.ða.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkar.ða.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkar.ða.mon/
Noun
κάρδαμον • (kárdamon) n (genitive καρδάμου); second declension
- The garden cress (Lepidium sativum), of which the seed was eaten like mustard
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κάρδαμον tò kárdamon |
τὼ καρδάμω tṑ kardámō |
τᾰ̀ κάρδαμᾰ tà kárdama | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ καρδάμου toû kardámou |
τοῖν καρδάμοιν toîn kardámoin |
τῶν καρδάμων tôn kardámōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ καρδάμῳ tôi kardámōi |
τοῖν καρδάμοιν toîn kardámoin |
τοῖς καρδάμοις toîs kardámois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κάρδαμον tò kárdamon |
τὼ καρδάμω tṑ kardámō |
τᾰ̀ κάρδαμᾰ tà kárdama | ||||||||||
Vocative | κάρδαμον kárdamon |
καρδάμω kardámō |
κάρδαμᾰ kárdama | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- καρδαμάλη (kardamálē)
- καρδαμίζω (kardamízō)
- καρδαμίνη (kardamínē)
- καρδαμίς (kardamís)
- καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon)
- καρδάνη (kardánē)
Descendants
- Greek: κάρδαμο (kárdamo)
References
- κάρδαμον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κάρδαμον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
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