στρούθιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /strǔː.tʰi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈstru.tʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈstru.θi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈstru.θi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈstru.θi.on/
Noun
στρούθῐον • (stroúthĭon) n (genitive στρουθῐ́ου); second declension
- soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
- (biblical) little sparrow
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ στρούθῐον tò stroúthĭon |
τὼ στρουθῐ́ω tṑ strouthĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ στρούθῐᾰ tằ stroúthĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στρουθῐ́ου toû strouthĭ́ou |
τοῖν στρουθῐ́οιν toîn strouthĭ́oin |
τῶν στρουθῐ́ων tôn strouthĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στρουθῐ́ῳ tōî strouthĭ́ōi |
τοῖν στρουθῐ́οιν toîn strouthĭ́oin |
τοῖς στρουθῐ́οις toîs strouthĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ στρούθῐον tò stroúthĭon |
τὼ στρουθῐ́ω tṑ strouthĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ στρούθῐᾰ tằ stroúthĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στρούθῐον stroúthĭon |
στρουθῐ́ω strouthĭ́ō |
στρούθῐᾰ stroúthĭă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- στρουθῐ́ζω (strouthĭ́zō)
- στρούθῐνος (stroúthĭnos)
References
Further reading
- “στρούθιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στρούθιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette