σιτάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

σῖτος (sîtos, “grain, corn, bread”) +‎ -άριον (-árion, “diminutive suffix”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῑτάρῐον • (sītárĭon) n (genitive σῑτᾰρίου); second declension

  1. a little bit of corn or bread

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σῑτᾰ́ρῐον; τοῦ σῑτᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σῑτᾰ́ρῐον
tò sītắrĭon 		τὼ σῑτᾰρῐ́ω
tṑ sītărĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ σῑτᾰ́ρῐᾰ
tằ sītắrĭă
Genitive τοῦ σῑτᾰρῐ́ου
toû sītărĭ́ou 		τοῖν σῑτᾰρῐ́οιν
toîn sītărĭ́oin 		τῶν σῑτᾰρῐ́ων
tôn sītărĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ σῑτᾰρῐ́ῳ
tōî sītărĭ́ōi 		τοῖν σῑτᾰρῐ́οιν
toîn sītărĭ́oin 		τοῖς σῑτᾰρῐ́οις
toîs sītărĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ σῑτᾰ́ρῐον
tò sītắrĭon 		τὼ σῑτᾰρῐ́ω
tṑ sītărĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ σῑτᾰ́ρῐᾰ
tằ sītắrĭă
Vocative σῑτᾰ́ρῐον
sītắrĭon 		σῑτᾰρῐ́ω
sītărĭ́ō 		σῑτᾰ́ρῐᾰ
sītắrĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: σιτάρι (sitári)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σῖτος (> DER > diminutive σιτ-άριον)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1336-7

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