κειμήλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lay; to be laid up, to be stored”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κειμήλῐον • (keimḗlĭon) n (genitive κειμηλῐ́ου); second declension

  1. Something stored or saved up, particularly:
    1. An heirloom, a family's property
    2. Something precious, a treasure
    3. (Christianity) A holy relic, a sacred relic

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κειμήλῐον; τοῦ κειμηλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κειμήλῐον
tò keimḗlĭon 		τὼ κειμηλῐ́ω
tṑ keimēlĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κειμήλῐᾰ
tằ keimḗlĭă
Genitive τοῦ κειμηλῐ́ου
toû keimēlĭ́ou 		τοῖν κειμηλῐ́οιν
toîn keimēlĭ́oin 		τῶν κειμηλῐ́ων
tôn keimēlĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ κειμηλῐ́ῳ
tōî keimēlĭ́ōi 		τοῖν κειμηλῐ́οιν
toîn keimēlĭ́oin 		τοῖς κειμηλῐ́οις
toîs keimēlĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ κειμήλῐον
tò keimḗlĭon 		τὼ κειμηλῐ́ω
tṑ keimēlĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κειμήλῐᾰ
tằ keimḗlĭă
Vocative κειμήλῐον
keimḗlĭon 		κειμηλῐ́ω
keimēlĭ́ō 		κειμήλῐᾰ
keimḗlĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: κειμήλιο (keimílio)

Further reading

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