γυργαθίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γυργαθός (gurgathós, “creel”) + -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡyr.ɡa.tʰí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡyr.ɡaˈtʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝyr.ɣaˈθi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝyr.ɣaˈθi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝir.ɣaˈθi.on/
Noun
γυργᾰθῐ́ον • (gurgăthĭ́on) n (genitive γυργᾰθῐ́ου); second declension
- net used in alchemy for suspending substances in fluids
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ γυργᾰθῐ́ον tò gurgăthĭ́on |
τὼ γυργᾰθῐ́ω tṑ gurgăthĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ γυργᾰθῐ́ᾰ tằ gurgăthĭ́ă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γυργᾰθῐ́ου toû gurgăthĭ́ou |
τοῖν γυργᾰθῐ́οιν toîn gurgăthĭ́oin |
τῶν γυργᾰθῐ́ων tôn gurgăthĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γυργᾰθῐ́ῳ tōî gurgăthĭ́ōi |
τοῖν γυργᾰθῐ́οιν toîn gurgăthĭ́oin |
τοῖς γυργᾰθῐ́οις toîs gurgăthĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ γυργᾰθῐ́ον tò gurgăthĭ́on |
τὼ γυργᾰθῐ́ω tṑ gurgăthĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ γυργᾰθῐ́ᾰ tằ gurgăthĭ́ă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γυργᾰθῐ́ον gurgăthĭ́on |
γυργᾰθῐ́ω gurgăthĭ́ō |
γυργᾰθῐ́ᾰ gurgăthĭ́ă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “γυργαθίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γυργαθίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette