κλειδίον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From κλείς (kleís, “bolt, catch, key”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, “diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κλειδῐ́ον • (kleidĭ́on) n (genitive κλειδῐ́ου); second declension

  1. Little key.
    1. Stopcock.
  2. synonym of κλείς (kleís) (of the tunny)
  3. (medicine) A kind of astringent pill or astringent suppository.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κλειδῐ́ον; τοῦ κλειδῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κλειδῐ́ον
tò kleidĭ́on 		τὼ κλειδῐ́ω
tṑ kleidĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κλειδῐ́ᾰ
tằ kleidĭ́ă
Genitive τοῦ κλειδῐ́ου
toû kleidĭ́ou 		τοῖν κλειδῐ́οιν
toîn kleidĭ́oin 		τῶν κλειδῐ́ων
tôn kleidĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ κλειδῐ́ῳ
tōî kleidĭ́ōi 		τοῖν κλειδῐ́οιν
toîn kleidĭ́oin 		τοῖς κλειδῐ́οις
toîs kleidĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ κλειδῐ́ον
tò kleidĭ́on 		τὼ κλειδῐ́ω
tṑ kleidĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κλειδῐ́ᾰ
tằ kleidĭ́ă
Vocative κλειδῐ́ον
kleidĭ́on 		κλειδῐ́ω
kleidĭ́ō 		κλειδῐ́ᾰ
kleidĭ́ă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: κλειδίν (kleidín), κλειδί (kleidí)
  • → Translingual: Cleidion

References

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