στόμιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stó.mi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsto.mi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsto.mi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsto.mi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsto.mi.on/
Noun
στόμῐον • (stómĭon) n (genitive στομῐ́ου); second declension
- small mouth
- mouth of a vessel
- mouth of a cave used as a grave
- any aperture or opening
- cavity from which winds issue
- mouth of a canal
- socket of a bolt
- bridle-bit, bit of a curb
- female ornament for the neck
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ στόμῐον tò stómĭon |
τὼ στομῐ́ω tṑ stomĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ στόμῐᾰ tằ stómĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στομῐ́ου toû stomĭ́ou |
τοῖν στομῐ́οιν toîn stomĭ́oin |
τῶν στομῐ́ων tôn stomĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στομῐ́ῳ tōî stomĭ́ōi |
τοῖν στομῐ́οιν toîn stomĭ́oin |
τοῖς στομῐ́οις toîs stomĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ στόμῐον tò stómĭon |
τὼ στομῐ́ω tṑ stomĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ στόμῐᾰ tằ stómĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στόμῐον stómĭon |
στομῐ́ω stomĭ́ō |
στόμῐᾰ stómĭă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- περῐστόμῐος (perĭstómĭos)
- ὑποστόμια (hupostómia)
Further reading
- “στόμιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “στόμιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- στόμιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette