δεκαστάδιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”) + στᾰ́δῐον (stắdĭon, “stadium”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /de.kas.tá.di.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /de.kasˈta.di.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/
Noun
δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον • (dekăstắdĭon) n (genitive δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ου); second declension
- racecourse of ten stadia
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον tò dekăstắdĭon |
τὼ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ω tṑ dekăstădĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐᾰ tằ dekăstắdĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ου toû dekăstădĭ́ou |
τοῖν δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́οιν toîn dekăstădĭ́oin |
τῶν δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ων tôn dekăstădĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ῳ tōî dekăstădĭ́ōi |
τοῖν δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́οιν toîn dekăstădĭ́oin |
τοῖς δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́οις toîs dekăstădĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον tò dekăstắdĭon |
τὼ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ω tṑ dekăstădĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐᾰ tằ dekăstắdĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον dekăstắdĭon |
δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ω dekăstădĭ́ō |
δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐᾰ dekăstắdĭă | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Further reading
- “δεκαστάδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δεκαστάδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δεκαστάδιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)