κιβώτιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῑβωτός (kībōtós, “wooden chest”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῑβώτῐον • (kībṓtĭon) n (genitive κῑβωτῐ́ου); second declension

  1. box for drawing lots
    Synonym: σενδούκη (sendoúkē)
  2. voting urn

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῑβώτῐον; τοῦ κῑβωτῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κῑβώτῐον
tò kībṓtĭon 		τὼ κῑβωτῐ́ω
tṑ kībōtĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κῑβώτῐᾰ
tằ kībṓtĭă
Genitive τοῦ κῑβωτῐ́ου
toû kībōtĭ́ou 		τοῖν κῑβωτῐ́οιν
toîn kībōtĭ́oin 		τῶν κῑβωτῐ́ων
tôn kībōtĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ κῑβωτῐ́ῳ
tōî kībōtĭ́ōi 		τοῖν κῑβωτῐ́οιν
toîn kībōtĭ́oin 		τοῖς κῑβωτῐ́οις
toîs kībōtĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ κῑβώτῐον
tò kībṓtĭon 		τὼ κῑβωτῐ́ω
tṑ kībōtĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κῑβώτῐᾰ
tằ kībṓtĭă
Vocative κῑβώτῐον
kībṓtĭon 		κῑβωτῐ́ω
kībōtĭ́ō 		κῑβώτῐᾰ
kībṓtĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: κιβώτιο (kivótio)
  • → Latin: cibōtium

Further reading

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