μίνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Latin minium, itself from Iberian substrate.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mí.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni.on/
Noun
μῐ́νῐον • (mĭ́nĭon) n (genitive μῐνῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μῐ́νῐον tò mĭ́nĭon |
τὼ μῐνῐ́ω tṑ mĭnĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ μῐ́νῐᾰ tằ mĭ́nĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μῐνῐ́ου toû mĭnĭ́ou |
τοῖν μῐνῐ́οιν toîn mĭnĭ́oin |
τῶν μῐνῐ́ων tôn mĭnĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μῐνῐ́ῳ tōî mĭnĭ́ōi |
τοῖν μῐνῐ́οιν toîn mĭnĭ́oin |
τοῖς μῐνῐ́οις toîs mĭnĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μῐ́νῐον tò mĭ́nĭon |
τὼ μῐνῐ́ω tṑ mĭnĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ μῐ́νῐᾰ tằ mĭ́nĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῐ́νῐον mĭ́nĭon |
μῐνῐ́ω mĭnĭ́ō |
μῐ́νῐᾰ mĭ́nĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μίνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press