βαστέρνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basterna (“litter”) + -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bas.tér.ni.on/ → /βasˈter.ni.on/ → /vasˈter.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bas.tér.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /basˈter.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βasˈter.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vasˈter.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vasˈter.ni.on/

Noun

βᾰστέρνῐον • (bastérnion) n (genitive βᾰστερνῐ́ου); second declension

1. basterna, closed litter

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βᾰστέρνῐον; τοῦ βᾰστερνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰστέρνῐον tò bastérnion	τὼ βᾰστερνῐ́ω tṑ basterníō	τᾰ̀ βᾰστέρνῐᾰ tà bastérnia
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰστερνῐ́ου toû basterníou	τοῖν βᾰστερνῐ́οιν toîn basterníoin	τῶν βᾰστερνῐ́ων tôn basterníōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰστερνῐ́ῳ tôi basterníōi	τοῖν βᾰστερνῐ́οιν toîn basterníoin	τοῖς βᾰστερνῐ́οις toîs basterníois
Accusative	τὸ βᾰστέρνῐον tò bastérnion	τὼ βᾰστερνῐ́ω tṑ basterníō	τᾰ̀ βᾰστέρνῐᾰ tà bastérnia
Vocative	βᾰστέρνῐον bastérnion	βᾰστερνῐ́ω basterníō	βᾰστέρνῐᾰ bastérnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βαστερνάριος (basternários)

Further reading

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