ὡροσκοπεῖον
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 6 March 2024
Alternative forms
- ὡροσκόπιον (hōroskópion)
Etymology
From ὥρα (hṓra, “hour”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “view”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɔː.ros.ko.pêː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)o.ros.koˈpi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.ros.koˈpi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.ros.koˈpi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.ros.koˈpi.on/
Noun
ὡροσκοπεῖον • (hōroskopeîon) n (genitive ὡροσκοπείου); second declension
- an instrument for telling the time, clock, sundial
- Eusebius of Caesarea, Praeparatio Evangelica 556C
- horoscope
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὡροσκοπεῖον tò hōroskopeîon |
τὼ ὡροσκοπείω tṑ hōroskopeíō |
τᾰ̀ ὡροσκοπεῖᾰ tằ hōroskopeîă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὡροσκοπείου toû hōroskopeíou |
τοῖν ὡροσκοπείοιν toîn hōroskopeíoin |
τῶν ὡροσκοπείων tôn hōroskopeíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὡροσκοπείῳ tōî hōroskopeíōi |
τοῖν ὡροσκοπείοιν toîn hōroskopeíoin |
τοῖς ὡροσκοπείοις toîs hōroskopeíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὡροσκοπεῖον tò hōroskopeîon |
τὼ ὡροσκοπείω tṑ hōroskopeíō |
τᾰ̀ ὡροσκοπεῖᾰ tằ hōroskopeîă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὡροσκοπεῖον hōroskopeîon |
ὡροσκοπείω hōroskopeíō |
ὡροσκοπεῖᾰ hōroskopeîă | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
References
- “ὡροσκοπεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὡροσκοπεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette