ἐρωμένιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἐρώμενος (erṓmenos, “male beloved”) + -ῐον (-ĭon, suffix forming neuter diminutives)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.rɔː.mé.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.roˈme.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.roˈme.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.roˈme.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.roˈme.ni.on/
Noun
ἐρωμένῐον • (erōménĭon) n (genitive ἐρωμενῐ́ου); second declension
- a little love, a darling
- Palatine Anthology 11.168
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἐρωμένῐον tò erōménĭon |
τὼ ἐρωμενῐ́ω tṑ erōmenĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ἐρωμένῐᾰ tằ erōménĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐρωμενῐ́ου toû erōmenĭ́ou |
τοῖν ἐρωμενῐ́οιν toîn erōmenĭ́oin |
τῶν ἐρωμενῐ́ων tôn erōmenĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐρωμενῐ́ῳ tōî erōmenĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ἐρωμενῐ́οιν toîn erōmenĭ́oin |
τοῖς ἐρωμενῐ́οις toîs erōmenĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἐρωμένῐον tò erōménĭon |
τὼ ἐρωμενῐ́ω tṑ erōmenĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ἐρωμένῐᾰ tằ erōménĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐρωμένῐον erōménĭon |
ἐρωμενῐ́ω erōmenĭ́ō |
ἐρωμένῐᾰ erōménĭă | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἐρωμένιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐρωμένιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press