μόδιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mó.di.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmo.di.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ði.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ði.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ði.os/
Noun
μόδῐος • (módĭos) m (genitive μοδῐ́ου); second declension
- modius, a dry measure equivalent to a sixth of a medimnus
- vessel of this capacity
- measure of length, equivalent to 200 ὀργυιαί (orguiaí)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ μόδῐος ho módĭos |
τὼ μοδῐ́ω tṑ modĭ́ō |
οἱ μόδῐοι hoi módĭoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μοδῐ́ου toû modĭ́ou |
τοῖν μοδῐ́οιν toîn modĭ́oin |
τῶν μοδῐ́ων tôn modĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μοδῐ́ῳ tōî modĭ́ōi |
τοῖν μοδῐ́οιν toîn modĭ́oin |
τοῖς μοδῐ́οις toîs modĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν μόδῐον tòn módĭon |
τὼ μοδῐ́ω tṑ modĭ́ō |
τοὺς μοδῐ́ους toùs modĭ́ous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μόδῐε módĭe |
μοδῐ́ω modĭ́ō |
μόδῐοι módĭoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μόδιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μόδιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette