ξάνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ξαίνω (xaínō, “to card”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksá.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈksa.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈksa.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈksa.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈksa.ni.on/
Noun
ξᾰ́νῐον • (xắnĭon) n (genitive ξᾰνῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ξᾰ́νῐον tò xắnĭon |
τὼ ξᾰνῐ́ω tṑ xănĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ξᾰ́νῐᾰ tằ xắnĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ξᾰνῐ́ου toû xănĭ́ou |
τοῖν ξᾰνῐ́οιν toîn xănĭ́oin |
τῶν ξᾰνῐ́ων tôn xănĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ξᾰνῐ́ῳ tōî xănĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ξᾰνῐ́οιν toîn xănĭ́oin |
τοῖς ξᾰνῐ́οις toîs xănĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ξᾰ́νῐον tò xắnĭon |
τὼ ξᾰνῐ́ω tṑ xănĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ξᾰ́νῐᾰ tằ xắnĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ξᾰ́νῐον xắnĭon |
ξᾰνῐ́ω xănĭ́ō |
ξᾰ́νῐᾰ xắnĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ξάνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ξάνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette