ἀσφάλτιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.pʰál.ti.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /asˈpʰal.ti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /asˈɸal.ti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /asˈfal.ti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /asˈfal.ti.on/
Noun
ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον • (asphắltĭon) n (genitive ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον tò asphắltĭon |
τὼ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ω tṑ asphăltĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐᾰ tằ asphắltĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ου toû asphăltĭ́ou |
τοῖν ἀσφᾰλτῐ́οιν toîn asphăltĭ́oin |
τῶν ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ων tôn asphăltĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ῳ tōî asphăltĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ἀσφᾰλτῐ́οιν toîn asphăltĭ́oin |
τοῖς ἀσφᾰλτῐ́οις toîs asphăltĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον tò asphắltĭon |
τὼ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ω tṑ asphăltĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐᾰ tằ asphắltĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον asphắltĭon |
ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ω asphăltĭ́ō |
ἀσφᾰ́λτῐᾰ asphắltĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀσφάλτιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀσφάλτιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσφάλτιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)