λογχίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λόγχη (lónkhē) + -ίον (-íon).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /loŋ.kʰí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /loŋˈkʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /loɲˈçi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /loɲˈçi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /loɲˈçi.on/
Noun
λογχίον • (lonkhíon) n (genitive λογχιου); second declension
- small spear-head
- small spears
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ λογχῐ́ον tò lonkhĭ́on |
τὼ λογχῐ́ω tṑ lonkhĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ λογχῐ́ᾰ tằ lonkhĭ́ă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λογχῐ́ου toû lonkhĭ́ou |
τοῖν λογχῐ́οιν toîn lonkhĭ́oin |
τῶν λογχῐ́ων tôn lonkhĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λογχῐ́ῳ tōî lonkhĭ́ōi |
τοῖν λογχῐ́οιν toîn lonkhĭ́oin |
τοῖς λογχῐ́οις toîs lonkhĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λογχῐ́ον tò lonkhĭ́on |
τὼ λογχῐ́ω tṑ lonkhĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ λογχῐ́ᾰ tằ lonkhĭ́ă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λογχῐ́ον lonkhĭ́on |
λογχῐ́ω lonkhĭ́ō |
λογχῐ́ᾰ lonkhĭ́ă | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- λογχάριον (lonkhárion, “a kind of ornament”)
- λογχεύω (lonkheúō, “to pierce with a lance”)
- λογχιάζω (lonkhiázō, “to transfix with a spear”)
- λόγχιμος (lónkhimos, “belonging to the lance”)
- λογχίτης (lonkhítēs, “lance bearer”)
- λογχῖτις (lonkhîtis, “holly fern”)
- λογχόω (lonkhóō, “to furnish with a point”)
- λογχωτός (lonkhōtós, “provided with a lance”)
References
- “λογχίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λογχίον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011