ἐνώτιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἐνῴδιον (enōídion)

Etymology

From earlier ἐνῴδιον (enōídion), from ἐν (en) +‎ οὖς (oûs, “ear”) +‎ -ίδιον (-ídion). The form was later altered to re-align with ὦτᾰ (ôtă), the plural of οὖς (oûs).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.nɔ̌ː.ti.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈno.ti.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈno.ti.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈno.ti.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈno.ti.on/

Noun

ἐνώτιον • (enṓtion) n (genitive ἐνωτίου); second declension

earring
Synonyms: ἀρτῐ́ᾰλᾰ (artĭ́ălă), πλᾰ́στρον (plắstron)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐνώτιον; τοῦ ἐνωτίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐνώτιον tò enṓtion	τὼ ἐνωτίω tṑ enōtíō	τᾰ̀ ἐνώτιᾰ tằ enṓtiă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐνωτίου toû enōtíou	τοῖν ἐνωτίοιν toîn enōtíoin	τῶν ἐνωτίων tôn enōtíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐνωτίῳ tōî enōtíōi	τοῖν ἐνωτίοιν toîn enōtíoin	τοῖς ἐνωτίοις toîs enōtíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐνώτιον tò enṓtion	τὼ ἐνωτίω tṑ enōtíō	τᾰ̀ ἐνώτιᾰ tằ enṓtiă
Vocative	ἐνώτιον enṓtion	ἐνωτίω enōtíō	ἐνώτιᾰ enṓtiă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐνῴδιον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432