σιτώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῑτώνης (sītṓnēs, “public buyer of corn”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῑτώνῐον • (sītṓnĭon) n (genitive σῑτωνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. public granary, storehouse or wheat-fund
  2. money for the purchase of corn, as part of a soldier's pay
  3. (economics) name of a tax, probably levied to provide corn money

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῑτώνῐον; τοῦ σῑτωνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σῑτώνῐον
tò sītṓnĭon 		τὼ σῑτωνῐ́ω
tṑ sītōnĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ σῑτώνῐᾰ
tằ sītṓnĭă
Genitive τοῦ σῑτωνῐ́ου
toû sītōnĭ́ou 		τοῖν σῑτωνῐ́οιν
toîn sītōnĭ́oin 		τῶν σῑτωνῐ́ων
tôn sītōnĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ σῑτωνῐ́ῳ
tōî sītōnĭ́ōi 		τοῖν σῑτωνῐ́οιν
toîn sītōnĭ́oin 		τοῖς σῑτωνῐ́οις
toîs sītōnĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ σῑτώνῐον
tò sītṓnĭon 		τὼ σῑτωνῐ́ω
tṑ sītōnĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ σῑτώνῐᾰ
tằ sītṓnĭă
Vocative σῑτώνῐον
sītṓnĭon 		σῑτωνῐ́ω
sītōnĭ́ō 		σῑτώνῐᾰ
sītṓnĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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