λεπτίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λεπτός (leptós, “peeled, husked”) + -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lep.tí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lepˈti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lepˈti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lepˈti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lepˈti.on/
Noun
λεπτῐ́ον • (leptĭ́on) n (genitive λεπτῐ́ου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ λεπτῐ́ον tò leptĭ́on |
τὼ λεπτῐ́ω tṑ leptĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ λεπτῐ́ᾰ tằ leptĭ́ă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λεπτῐ́ου toû leptĭ́ou |
τοῖν λεπτῐ́οιν toîn leptĭ́oin |
τῶν λεπτῐ́ων tôn leptĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λεπτῐ́ῳ tōî leptĭ́ōi |
τοῖν λεπτῐ́οιν toîn leptĭ́oin |
τοῖς λεπτῐ́οις toîs leptĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λεπτῐ́ον tò leptĭ́on |
τὼ λεπτῐ́ω tṑ leptĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ λεπτῐ́ᾰ tằ leptĭ́ă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λεπτῐ́ον leptĭ́on |
λεπτῐ́ω leptĭ́ō |
λεπτῐ́ᾰ leptĭ́ă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “λεπτίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λεπτίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette