βακτήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βακτηρία (baktēría, “staff, cane”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βακτήριον • (baktḗrion) n (genitive βακτηρίου); second declension

  1. synonym of βακτηρία (baktēría)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βακτήριον; τοῦ βακτηρίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βακτήριον
tò baktḗrion 		τὼ βακτηρίω
tṑ baktēríō 		τᾰ̀ βακτήριᾰ
tằ baktḗriă
Genitive τοῦ βακτηρίου
toû baktēríou 		τοῖν βακτηρίοιν
toîn baktēríoin 		τῶν βακτηρίων
tôn baktēríōn
Dative τῷ βακτηρίῳ
tōî baktēríōi 		τοῖν βακτηρίοιν
toîn baktēríoin 		τοῖς βακτηρίοις
toîs baktēríois
Accusative τὸ βακτήριον
tò baktḗrion 		τὼ βακτηρίω
tṑ baktēríō 		τᾰ̀ βακτήριᾰ
tằ baktḗriă
Vocative βακτήριον
baktḗrion 		βακτηρίω
baktēríō 		βακτήριᾰ
baktḗriă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: bactērium

Further reading

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