τραπέζιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τρᾰπέζῐον • (trăpézĭon) n (genitive τρᾰπεζίου); second declension

  1. small table
  2. table of a money-changer
  3. (geometry) trapezium

Declension

Second declension of τὸ τρᾰπέζῐον; τοῦ τρᾰπεζῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ τρᾰπέζῐον
tò trăpézĭon 		τὼ τρᾰπεζῐ́ω
tṑ trăpezĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ τρᾰπέζῐᾰ
tằ trăpézĭă
Genitive τοῦ τρᾰπεζῐ́ου
toû trăpezĭ́ou 		τοῖν τρᾰπεζῐ́οιν
toîn trăpezĭ́oin 		τῶν τρᾰπεζῐ́ων
tôn trăpezĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ τρᾰπεζῐ́ῳ
tōî trăpezĭ́ōi 		τοῖν τρᾰπεζῐ́οιν
toîn trăpezĭ́oin 		τοῖς τρᾰπεζῐ́οις
toîs trăpezĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ τρᾰπέζῐον
tò trăpézĭon 		τὼ τρᾰπεζῐ́ω
tṑ trăpezĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ τρᾰπέζῐᾰ
tằ trăpézĭă
Vocative τρᾰπέζῐον
trăpézĭon 		τρᾰπεζῐ́ω
trăpezĭ́ō 		τρᾰπέζῐᾰ
trăpézĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: τραπέζι (trapézi)
  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܲܪܦܹܙܝܘܿܢ (ṭarpēzyōn)
  • → Latin: trapezium (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion). Doublet of τραπέζι (trapézi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /traˈpe.zi.on/

Noun

τραπέζιον • (trapézion) n

  1. Katharevousa form of τραπέζι (trapézi)
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