κωνωπεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κωνόπιον (kōnópion), κωνωπεών (kōnōpeṓn), κωνώπιον (kōnṓpion)

Etymology

From κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κωνωπεῖον • (kōnōpeîon) n (genitive κωνωπείου); second declension

  1. an Egyptian couch with mosquito netting

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κωνωπεῖον; τοῦ κωνωπείου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κωνωπεῖον
tò kōnōpeîon 		τὼ κωνωπείω
tṑ kōnōpeíō 		τᾰ̀ κωνωπεῖᾰ
tằ kōnōpeîă
Genitive τοῦ κωνωπείου
toû kōnōpeíou 		τοῖν κωνωπείοιν
toîn kōnōpeíoin 		τῶν κωνωπείων
tôn kōnōpeíōn
Dative τῷ κωνωπείῳ
tōî kōnōpeíōi 		τοῖν κωνωπείοιν
toîn kōnōpeíoin 		τοῖς κωνωπείοις
toîs kōnōpeíois
Accusative τὸ κωνωπεῖον
tò kōnōpeîon 		τὼ κωνωπείω
tṑ kōnōpeíō 		τᾰ̀ κωνωπεῖᾰ
tằ kōnōpeîă
Vocative κωνωπεῖον
kōnōpeîon 		κωνωπείω
kōnōpeíō 		κωνωπεῖᾰ
kōnōpeîă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κώνωψ, -ωπος (> DER > κωνώπιον)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 815

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