παρθένιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παρθένος (parthénos, “virgin”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /par.tʰé.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /parˈtʰe.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /parˈθe.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /parˈθe.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /parˈθe.ni.on/
Noun
παρθένῐον • (parthénĭon) n (genitive παρθενῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ παρθένῐον tò parthénĭon |
τὼ παρθενῐ́ω tṑ parthenĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ παρθένῐᾰ tằ parthénĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ παρθενῐ́ου toû parthenĭ́ou |
τοῖν παρθενῐ́οιν toîn parthenĭ́oin |
τῶν παρθενῐ́ων tôn parthenĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ παρθενῐ́ῳ tōî parthenĭ́ōi |
τοῖν παρθενῐ́οιν toîn parthenĭ́oin |
τοῖς παρθενῐ́οις toîs parthenĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ παρθένῐον tò parthénĭon |
τὼ παρθενῐ́ω tṑ parthenĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ παρθένῐᾰ tằ parthénĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | παρθένῐον parthénĭon |
παρθενῐ́ω parthenĭ́ō |
παρθένῐᾰ parthénĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: parthenium
- → Italian: partenio
- → Translingual: Parthenium
Further reading
- “παρθένιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- παρθένιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette