περδίκιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /per.dǐː.ki.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /perˈdi.ki.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /perˈði.ci.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /perˈði.ci.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /perˈði.ci.on/
Noun
περδῑ́κῐον • (perdī́kĭon) n (genitive περδῑκῐ́ου); second declension
- knotweed of species Polygonum maritimum
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ περδῑ́κῐον tò perdī́kĭon |
τὼ περδῑκῐ́ω tṑ perdīkĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ περδῑ́κῐᾰ tằ perdī́kĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ περδῑκῐ́ου toû perdīkĭ́ou |
τοῖν περδῑκῐ́οιν toîn perdīkĭ́oin |
τῶν περδῑκῐ́ων tôn perdīkĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ περδῑκῐ́ῳ tōî perdīkĭ́ōi |
τοῖν περδῑκῐ́οιν toîn perdīkĭ́oin |
τοῖς περδῑκῐ́οις toîs perdīkĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ περδῑ́κῐον tò perdī́kĭon |
τὼ περδῑκῐ́ω tṑ perdīkĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ περδῑ́κῐᾰ tằ perdī́kĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | περδῑ́κῐον perdī́kĭon |
περδῑκῐ́ω perdīkĭ́ō |
περδῑ́κῐᾰ perdī́kĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Perdicium
Further reading
- “περδίκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- περδίκιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette