ἡλιοσκόπιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to watch”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛ̌ː.li.os.kó.pi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.li.osˈko.pi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.li.osˈko.pi.on/
Noun
ἡλῐοσκόπῐον • (hēlĭoskópĭon) n (genitive ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἡλῐοσκόπῐον tò hēlĭoskópĭon |
τὼ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ω tṑ hēlĭoskopĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοσκόπῐᾰ tằ hēlĭoskópĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ου toû hēlĭoskopĭ́ou |
τοῖν ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́οιν toîn hēlĭoskopĭ́oin |
τῶν ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ων tôn hēlĭoskopĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ῳ tōî hēlĭoskopĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́οιν toîn hēlĭoskopĭ́oin |
τοῖς ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́οις toîs hēlĭoskopĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἡλῐοσκόπῐον tò hēlĭoskópĭon |
τὼ ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ω tṑ hēlĭoskopĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοσκόπῐᾰ tằ hēlĭoskópĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἡλῐοσκόπῐον hēlĭoskópĭon |
ἡλῐοσκοπῐ́ω hēlĭoskopĭ́ō |
ἡλῐοσκόπῐᾰ hēlĭoskópĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “Ἡλιοσκόπιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἡλιοσκόπιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette