κρυστάλλιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “ice”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krys.tál.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /krysˈtal.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /krysˈtal.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /krysˈtal.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /krisˈta.li.on/
Noun
κρυστᾰ́λλῐον • (krustắllĭon) n (genitive κρυστᾰλλῐ́ου); second declension
- fleawort (Plantago psyllium)
- Synonyms: βουκρᾱ́νῐον (boukrā́nĭon), κῠνοκέφᾰλον (kŭnoképhălon), ψῠ́λλῐον (psŭ́llĭon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κρυστᾰ́λλῐον tò krustắllĭon |
τὼ κρυστᾰλλῐ́ω tṑ krustăllĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κρυστᾰ́λλῐᾰ tằ krustắllĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κρυστᾰλλῐ́ου toû krustăllĭ́ou |
τοῖν κρυστᾰλλῐ́οιν toîn krustăllĭ́oin |
τῶν κρυστᾰλλῐ́ων tôn krustăllĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κρυστᾰλλῐ́ῳ tōî krustăllĭ́ōi |
τοῖν κρυστᾰλλῐ́οιν toîn krustăllĭ́oin |
τοῖς κρυστᾰλλῐ́οις toîs krustăllĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κρυστᾰ́λλῐον tò krustắllĭon |
τὼ κρυστᾰλλῐ́ω tṑ krustăllĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κρυστᾰ́λλῐᾰ tằ krustắllĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρυστᾰ́λλῐον krustắllĭon |
κρυστᾰλλῐ́ω krustăllĭ́ō |
κρυστᾰ́λλῐᾰ krustắllĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κρυστάλλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κρυστάλλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette