κιβώτιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῑβωτός (kībōtós, “wooden chest”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kiː.bɔ̌ː.ti.on/ → /ciˈβo.ti.on/ → /ciˈvo.ti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kiː.bɔ̌ː.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kiˈbo.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ciˈβo.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ciˈvo.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈvo.ti.on/

Noun

κῑβώτῐον • (kībṓtion) n (genitive κῑβωτῐ́ου); second declension

1. box for drawing lots

   Synonym: σενδούκη (sendoúkē)

2. voting urn

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῑβώτῐον; τοῦ κῑβωτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῑβώτῐον tò kībṓtion	τὼ κῑβωτῐ́ω tṑ kībōtíō	τᾰ̀ κῑβώτῐᾰ tà kībṓtia
Genitive	τοῦ κῑβωτῐ́ου toû kībōtíou	τοῖν κῑβωτῐ́οιν toîn kībōtíoin	τῶν κῑβωτῐ́ων tôn kībōtíōn
Dative	τῷ κῑβωτῐ́ῳ tôi kībōtíōi	τοῖν κῑβωτῐ́οιν toîn kībōtíoin	τοῖς κῑβωτῐ́οις toîs kībōtíois
Accusative	τὸ κῑβώτῐον tò kībṓtion	τὼ κῑβωτῐ́ω tṑ kībōtíō	τᾰ̀ κῑβώτῐᾰ tà kībṓtia
Vocative	κῑβώτῐον kībṓtion	κῑβωτῐ́ω kībōtíō	κῑβώτῐᾰ kībṓtia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κιβώτιο (kivótio)
• → Latin: cibōtium
  • → Translingual: Cibotium

Further reading

• “κιβώτιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κιβώτιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κιβώτιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette