ὀψάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὄψον (ópson, “delicacy”) +‎ -άριον (-árion, “diminutive suffix”).[1]

Noun

ὀψάριον • (opsárion) n (genitive ὀψάριου); second declension

  1. A little plate of food, in particular fish.
  2. (Koine) A fish.
    • John 6:9:
      Ἔστιν παιδάριον ὧδε ὃς ἔχει πέντε ἄρτους κριθίνους καὶ δύο ὀψάρια· ἀλλὰ ταῦτα τί ἐστιν εἰς τοσούτους;
      There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these among so many?

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὀψάριον; τοῦ ὀψαρίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ὀψάριον
tò opsárion 		τὼ ὀψαρίω
tṑ opsaríō 		τᾰ̀ ὀψάριᾰ
tằ opsáriă
Genitive τοῦ ὀψαρίου
toû opsaríou 		τοῖν ὀψαρίοιν
toîn opsaríoin 		τῶν ὀψαρίων
tôn opsaríōn
Dative τῷ ὀψαρίῳ
tōî opsaríōi 		τοῖν ὀψαρίοιν
toîn opsaríoin 		τοῖς ὀψαρίοις
toîs opsaríois
Accusative τὸ ὀψάριον
tò opsárion 		τὼ ὀψαρίω
tṑ opsaríō 		τᾰ̀ ὀψάριᾰ
tằ opsáriă
Vocative ὀψάριον
opsárion 		ὀψαρίω
opsaríō 		ὀψάριᾰ
opsáriă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: ψάρι (psári)
  • Mariupol Greek: псар (psar)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὄψον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1139-40

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