μανδήλιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μανδήλιν (mandḗlin), μανδέλλιον (mandéllion), μανδίλιον (mandílion), μανδύλιον (mandúlion), μαντήλιον (mantḗlion), μαντίλιον (mantílion)
Etymology
From Latin mantēlium. By surface analysis, μανδήλη (mandḗlē, “towel”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /manˈdi.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /manˈdi.li.on/
Noun
μανδήλιον • (mandḗlion) n (genitive μανδηλίου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μανδήλιον tò mandḗlion |
τᾰ̀ μανδήλιᾰ tằ mandḗliă |
| Genitive | τοῦ μανδηλίου toû mandēlíou |
τῶν μανδηλίων tôn mandēlíōn |
| Dative | τῷ μανδηλίῳ tōî mandēlíōi |
τοῖς μανδηλίοις toîs mandēlíois |
| Accusative | τὸ μανδήλιον tò mandḗlion |
τᾰ̀ μανδήλιᾰ tằ mandḗliă |
| Vocative | μανδήλιον mandḗlion |
μανδήλιᾰ mandḗliă |
Further reading
- μανδήλιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- “μανδήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “μανδήλιον”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 732