χοιροκομεῖον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χοῖρος (khoîros, “pig”) + κομέω (koméō, “to take care of, tend”) + -εῖον (-eîon).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰoi̯.ro.ko.mêː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰy.ro.koˈmi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çy.ro.koˈmi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çy.ro.koˈmi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çi.ro.koˈmi.on/
Noun
χοιροκομεῖον • (khoirokomeîon) n (genitive χοιροκομείου); second declension
- pen for keeping swine in, pigpen, pigsty
- Synonyms: σῠφεός (sŭpheós), χοιροτροφεῖον (khoirotropheîon)
- kind of bandage used by women
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χοιροκομεῖον tò khoirokomeîon |
τὼ χοιροκομείω tṑ khoirokomeíō |
τᾰ̀ χοιροκομεῖᾰ tằ khoirokomeîă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χοιροκομείου toû khoirokomeíou |
τοῖν χοιροκομείοιν toîn khoirokomeíoin |
τῶν χοιροκομείων tôn khoirokomeíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χοιροκομείῳ tōî khoirokomeíōi |
τοῖν χοιροκομείοιν toîn khoirokomeíoin |
τοῖς χοιροκομείοις toîs khoirokomeíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χοιροκομεῖον tò khoirokomeîon |
τὼ χοιροκομείω tṑ khoirokomeíō |
τᾰ̀ χοιροκομεῖᾰ tằ khoirokomeîă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χοιροκομεῖον khoirokomeîon |
χοιροκομείω khoirokomeíō |
χοιροκομεῖᾰ khoirokomeîă | ||||||||||
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References
- “χοιροκομεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χοιροκομεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette