ἡφαιστεῖον
See also: ηφαίστειο
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos, “Hephaestus”) + -εῖον (-eîon, “instruments or means of action”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.pʰai̯s.têː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝.pʰɛsˈti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.ɸɛsˈti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.fesˈti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.fesˈti.on/
Noun
ἡφαιστεῖον • (hēphaisteîon) n (genitive ἡφαιστείου); second declension
- a temple of Hephaestus
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἡφαιστεῖον tò hēphaisteîon |
τὼ ἡφαιστείω tṑ hēphaisteíō |
τᾰ̀ ἡφαιστεῖᾰ tằ hēphaisteîă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἡφαιστείου toû hēphaisteíou |
τοῖν ἡφαιστείοιν toîn hēphaisteíoin |
τῶν ἡφαιστείων tôn hēphaisteíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἡφαιστείῳ tōî hēphaisteíōi |
τοῖν ἡφαιστείοιν toîn hēphaisteíoin |
τοῖς ἡφαιστείοις toîs hēphaisteíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἡφαιστεῖον tò hēphaisteîon |
τὼ ἡφαιστείω tṑ hēphaisteíō |
τᾰ̀ ἡφαιστεῖᾰ tằ hēphaisteîă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἡφαιστεῖον hēphaisteîon |
ἡφαιστείω hēphaisteíō |
ἡφαιστεῖᾰ hēphaisteîă | ||||||||||
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References
- ἡφαιστεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Liddell-Scott, s.v.