σιτίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σῖτος (sîtos, “grain”) + -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /siː.tí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /siˈti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /siˈti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /siˈti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈti.on/
Noun
σῑτῐ́ον • (sītĭ́on) n (genitive σῑτῐ́ου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σῑτῐ́ον tò sītĭ́on |
τὼ σῑτῐ́ω tṑ sītĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σῑτῐ́ᾰ tằ sītĭ́ă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σῑτῐ́ου toû sītĭ́ou |
τοῖν σῑτῐ́οιν toîn sītĭ́oin |
τῶν σῑτῐ́ων tôn sītĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σῑτῐ́ῳ tōî sītĭ́ōi |
τοῖν σῑτῐ́οιν toîn sītĭ́oin |
τοῖς σῑτῐ́οις toîs sītĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σῑτῐ́ον tò sītĭ́on |
τὼ σῑτῐ́ω tṑ sītĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σῑτῐ́ᾰ tằ sītĭ́ă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῑτῐ́ον sītĭ́on |
σῑτῐ́ω sītĭ́ō |
σῑτῐ́ᾰ sītĭ́ă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σιτίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σιτίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette