ὠτίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὖς (oûs) +‎ -ίον (-íon).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὠτίον • (ōtíon) n (genitive ὠτίου); second declension

  1. diminutive of οὖς (oûs, “ear”) (often without any particular diminutive meaning)
    • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 22:51:
      ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν, Ἐᾶτε ἕως τούτου. καὶ ἁψάμενος τοῦ ὠτίου αὐτοῦ, ἰάσατο αὐτόν.
      apokritheìs dè ho Iēsoûs eîpen, Eâte héōs toútou. kaì hapsámenos toû ōtíou autoû, iásato autón.
      • Translation by KJV
        And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὠτῐ́ον; τοῦ ὠτῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ὠτῐ́ον
tò ōtĭ́on 		τὼ ὠτῐ́ω
tṑ ōtĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ὠτῐ́ᾰ
tằ ōtĭ́ă
Genitive τοῦ ὠτῐ́ου
toû ōtĭ́ou 		τοῖν ὠτῐ́οιν
toîn ōtĭ́oin 		τῶν ὠτῐ́ων
tôn ōtĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ὠτῐ́ῳ
tōî ōtĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ὠτῐ́οιν
toîn ōtĭ́oin 		τοῖς ὠτῐ́οις
toîs ōtĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ὠτῐ́ον
tò ōtĭ́on 		τὼ ὠτῐ́ω
tṑ ōtĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ὠτῐ́ᾰ
tằ ōtĭ́ă
Vocative ὠτῐ́ον
ōtĭ́on 		ὠτῐ́ω
ōtĭ́ō 		ὠτῐ́ᾰ
ōtĭ́ă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: ἀφτίον (aphtíon)
  • → Latin: ōtion

Further reading

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