πιττάκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Not related to πίττα (pítta, “pitch, tar”), also from πίσσα (píssa), from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”). The Latin sense "patch of leather" as well as the term πεττύκια (pettúkia), have led to a dubious hypothesis of relation with πίσ(σ)υγγος (pís(s)ungos, “shoemaker”).[1] Beekes rejects a different hypothesis which posits a relation with Πιττακός (Pittakós), from Thrace via Lesvos island. [2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πιττάκιον • (pittákion) n (genitive πιττᾰκίου); second declension (Koine)

  1. writing tablet
  2. a leaf out of a writing tablet, receipt, ticket, pass
  3. message
  4. a list of members of an association
  5. the sense: patch of leather for laying salve on, at Latin pittacium)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πῐττᾰ́κῐον; τοῦ πῐττᾰκῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πῐττᾰ́κῐον
tò pĭttắkĭon 		τὼ πῐττᾰκῐ́ω
tṑ pĭttăkĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ πῐττᾰ́κῐᾰ
tằ pĭttắkĭă
Genitive τοῦ πῐττᾰκῐ́ου
toû pĭttăkĭ́ou 		τοῖν πῐττᾰκῐ́οιν
toîn pĭttăkĭ́oin 		τῶν πῐττᾰκῐ́ων
tôn pĭttăkĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ πῐττᾰκῐ́ῳ
tōî pĭttăkĭ́ōi 		τοῖν πῐττᾰκῐ́οιν
toîn pĭttăkĭ́oin 		τοῖς πῐττᾰκῐ́οις
toîs pĭttăkĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ πῐττᾰ́κῐον
tò pĭttắkĭon 		τὼ πῐττᾰκῐ́ω
tṑ pĭttăkĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ πῐττᾰ́κῐᾰ
tằ pĭttắkĭă
Vocative πῐττᾰ́κῐον
pĭttắkĭon 		πῐττᾰκῐ́ω
pĭttăkĭ́ō 		πῐττᾰ́κῐᾰ
pĭttắkĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • πιττακιάρχης (pittakiárkhēs)
  • πιττακίδιον (pittakídion) (diminutive)
  • πιττακίζω (pittakízō)
  • and see the Medieval πιττάτσιν (pittátsin)

Descendants

  • > Byzantine Greek: πιττάτσιν (pittátsin) (inherited)
    • → Greek: πιττάκιο (pittákio) (learned)
  • → Arabic: بِطَاقَة (biṭāqa)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: بطاقه (bitaka)
  • → Aramaic: פטקא (peṭqā)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܦܛܩܐ (peṭqā), ܦܬܩܐ (piṯqā)
  • → Latin: pittacium
  • → Old Armenian: պիտակ (pitak)
  • → Old Georgian: პიტაკი (ṗiṭaḳi)

References

  1. ^ πιττάκιον - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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