ῥίγιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥῖγος (rhîgos) + -ίων (-íōn, comparative suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥ǐː.ɡi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈri.ɡi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈri.ʝi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈri.ʝi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈri.ʝi.on/
Adjective
ῥῑ́γῐον • (rhī́gĭon) n; third declension (Epic)
Declension
Attested only in the neuter.
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ῥῑ́γῐον rhī́gĭon |
ῥῑγῐ́ονε rhīgĭ́one |
ῥῑγῐ́ονᾰ rhīgĭ́onă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | ῥῑγῐ́ονος rhīgĭ́onos |
ῥῑγῐόνοιν / ῥῑγῐόνοιῐν rhīgĭónoi(ĭ)n |
ῥῑγῐόνων rhīgĭónōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | ῥῑγῐ́ονῐ rhīgĭ́onĭ |
ῥῑγῐόνοιν / ῥῑγῐόνοιῐν rhīgĭónoi(ĭ)n |
ῥῑγῐ́οσῐ / ῥῑγῐ́οσῐν / ῥῑγῐόνεσσῐ / ῥῑγῐόνεσσῐν / ῥῑγῐόνεσῐ / ῥῑγῐόνεσῐν rhīgĭ́osĭ(n) / rhīgĭónessĭ(n) / rhīgĭónesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | ῥῑ́γῐον rhī́gĭon |
ῥῑγῐ́ονε rhīgĭ́one |
ῥῑγῐ́ονᾰ rhīgĭ́onă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῥῑ́γῐον rhī́gĭon |
ῥῑγῐ́ονε rhīgĭ́one |
ῥῑγῐ́ονᾰ rhīgĭ́onă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ῥίγιον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ῥίγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ῥίγιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ῥίγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press