βαστέρνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin basterna (“litter”) + -ιον (-ion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bas.tér.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /basˈter.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βasˈter.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vasˈter.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vasˈter.ni.on/
Noun
βᾰστέρνῐον • (băstérnĭon) n (genitive βᾰστερνῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βᾰστέρνῐον tò băstérnĭon |
τὼ βᾰστερνῐ́ω tṑ băsternĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ βᾰστέρνῐᾰ tằ băstérnĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βᾰστερνῐ́ου toû băsternĭ́ou |
τοῖν βᾰστερνῐ́οιν toîn băsternĭ́oin |
τῶν βᾰστερνῐ́ων tôn băsternĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βᾰστερνῐ́ῳ tōî băsternĭ́ōi |
τοῖν βᾰστερνῐ́οιν toîn băsternĭ́oin |
τοῖς βᾰστερνῐ́οις toîs băsternĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βᾰστέρνῐον tò băstérnĭon |
τὼ βᾰστερνῐ́ω tṑ băsternĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ βᾰστέρνῐᾰ tằ băstérnĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βᾰστέρνῐον băstérnĭon |
βᾰστερνῐ́ω băsternĭ́ō |
βᾰστέρνῐᾰ băstérnĭă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βαστερνάριος (basternários)
Further reading
- “βαστέρνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βαστέρνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βαστέρνιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)