ἐρείπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρείπω (ereípō, “I throw down”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐρείπῐον • (ereípĭon) n (genitive ἐρειπῐ́ου); second declension

  1. ruin, wreck

Usage notes

Nearly always in plural.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐρείπῐον; τοῦ ἐρειπῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἐρείπῐον
tò ereípĭon 		τὼ ἐρειπῐ́ω
tṑ ereipĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἐρείπῐᾰ
tằ ereípĭă
Genitive τοῦ ἐρειπῐ́ου
toû ereipĭ́ou 		τοῖν ἐρειπῐ́οιν
toîn ereipĭ́oin 		τῶν ἐρειπῐ́ων
tôn ereipĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ἐρειπῐ́ῳ
tōî ereipĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ἐρειπῐ́οιν
toîn ereipĭ́oin 		τοῖς ἐρειπῐ́οις
toîs ereipĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ἐρείπῐον
tò ereípĭon 		τὼ ἐρειπῐ́ω
tṑ ereipĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἐρείπῐᾰ
tằ ereípĭă
Vocative ἐρείπῐον
ereípĭon 		ἐρειπῐ́ω
ereipĭ́ō 		ἐρείπῐᾰ
ereípĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρείπιον (> DER > ἐρείπια)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453

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