βαρύλλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βᾰ́ρος (báros, “weight”) +‎ -ύλλιον (-úllion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.rýl.li.on/ → /βaˈryl.li.on/ → /vaˈri.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.rýl.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /baˈryl.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaˈryl.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vaˈryl.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈri.li.on/

Noun

βᾰρῠ́λλῐον • (barúllion) n (genitive βᾰρῠλλῐ́ου); second declension

1. instrument to find the weight of liquids

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βᾰρῠ́λλῐον; τοῦ βᾰρῠλλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰρῠ́λλῐον tò barúllion	τὼ βᾰρῠλλῐ́ω tṑ barullíō	τᾰ̀ βᾰρῠ́λλῐᾰ tà barúllia
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰρῠλλῐ́ου toû barullíou	τοῖν βᾰρῠλλῐ́οιν toîn barullíoin	τῶν βᾰρῠλλῐ́ων tôn barullíōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰρῠλλῐ́ῳ tôi barullíōi	τοῖν βᾰρῠλλῐ́οιν toîn barullíoin	τοῖς βᾰρῠλλῐ́οις toîs barullíois
Accusative	τὸ βᾰρῠ́λλῐον tò barúllion	τὼ βᾰρῠλλῐ́ω tṑ barullíō	τᾰ̀ βᾰρῠ́λλῐᾰ tà barúllia
Vocative	βᾰρῠ́λλῐον barúllion	βᾰρῠλλῐ́ω barullíō	βᾰρῠ́λλῐᾰ barúllia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βαρύλλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βαρύλλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βαρύλλιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)