μελάνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέλαν (mélan, “ink”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.lá.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈla.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈla.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈla.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈla.ni.on/
Noun
μελάνῐον • (melánĭon) n (genitive μελᾰνίου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μελᾰ́νῐον tò melắnĭon |
τὼ μελᾰνῐ́ω tṑ melănĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ μελᾰ́νῐᾰ tằ melắnĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μελᾰνῐ́ου toû melănĭ́ou |
τοῖν μελᾰνῐ́οιν toîn melănĭ́oin |
τῶν μελᾰνῐ́ων tôn melănĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μελᾰνῐ́ῳ tōî melănĭ́ōi |
τοῖν μελᾰνῐ́οιν toîn melănĭ́oin |
τοῖς μελᾰνῐ́οις toîs melănĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μελᾰ́νῐον tò melắnĭon |
τὼ μελᾰνῐ́ω tṑ melănĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ μελᾰ́νῐᾰ tằ melắnĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μελᾰ́νῐον melắnĭon |
μελᾰνῐ́ω melănĭ́ō |
μελᾰ́νῐᾰ melắnĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: μελάνι (meláni)
Further reading
- “μελάνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press