σανδάλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

σάνδαλον (sándalon) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive), of uncertain origin, possibly loaned from Parthian, Persian, or another substrate of Asia Minor.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σανδάλιον • (sandálion) n (genitive σανδαλίου); second declension

  1. a light strap-shoe, sandal
  2. (Byzantine) a kind of vessel in the Byzantine fleet, sandal

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σανδάλιον; τοῦ σανδαλίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σανδάλιον
tò sandálion 		τὼ σανδαλίω
tṑ sandalíō 		τᾰ̀ σανδάλιᾰ
tằ sandáliă
Genitive τοῦ σανδαλίου
toû sandalíou 		τοῖν σανδαλίοιν
toîn sandalíoin 		τῶν σανδαλίων
tôn sandalíōn
Dative τῷ σανδαλίῳ
tōî sandalíōi 		τοῖν σανδαλίοιν
toîn sandalíoin 		τοῖς σανδαλίοις
toîs sandalíois
Accusative τὸ σανδάλιον
tò sandálion 		τὼ σανδαλίω
tṑ sandalíō 		τᾰ̀ σανδάλιᾰ
tằ sandáliă
Vocative σανδάλιον
sandálion 		σανδαλίω
sandalíō 		σανδάλιᾰ
sandáliă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Arabic: صَنْدَل (ṣandal)
  • → Latin: sandalium

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σάνδαλον (> DER σανδάλ-ιον)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1305

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