κενοτάφιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κενός (kenós, “empty”) +‎ τάφος (táphos, “tomb”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κενοτᾰ́φῐον • (kenotắphĭon) n (genitive κενοτᾰφῐ́ου); second declension

  1. cenotaph, empty tomb

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κενοτᾰ́φῐον; τοῦ κενοτᾰφῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κενοτᾰ́φῐον
tò kenotắphĭon 		τὼ κενοτᾰφῐ́ω
tṑ kenotăphĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κενοτᾰ́φῐᾰ
tằ kenotắphĭă
Genitive τοῦ κενοτᾰφῐ́ου
toû kenotăphĭ́ou 		τοῖν κενοτᾰφῐ́οιν
toîn kenotăphĭ́oin 		τῶν κενοτᾰφῐ́ων
tôn kenotăphĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ κενοτᾰφῐ́ῳ
tōî kenotăphĭ́ōi 		τοῖν κενοτᾰφῐ́οιν
toîn kenotăphĭ́oin 		τοῖς κενοτᾰφῐ́οις
toîs kenotăphĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ κενοτᾰ́φῐον
tò kenotắphĭon 		τὼ κενοτᾰφῐ́ω
tṑ kenotăphĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κενοτᾰ́φῐᾰ
tằ kenotắphĭă
Vocative κενοτᾰ́φῐον
kenotắphĭon 		κενοτᾰφῐ́ω
kenotăphĭ́ō 		κενοτᾰ́φῐᾰ
kenotắphĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: κενοτάφιο (kenotáfio)
  • → English: cenotaph

Further reading

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