αἶκλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄϊκλον (áïklon)
• αἶκνον (aîknon)

Etymology

Furnée points to εἶκλον (eîklon) and compares ἰκνεῖος (ikneîos), concluding that this is a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /âi̯.klon/ → /ˈɛ.klon/ → /ˈe.klon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /âi̯.klon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.klon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.klon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.klon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.klon/

Noun

αἶκλον • (aîklon) n (genitive αἴκλου); second declension

1. evening meal at Sparta

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ αἶκλον; τοῦ αἴκλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ αἶκλον tò aîklon	τὼ αἴκλω tṑ aíklō	τᾰ̀ αἶκλᾰ tà aîkla
Genitive	τοῦ αἴκλου toû aíklou	τοῖν αἴκλοιν toîn aíkloin	τῶν αἴκλων tôn aíklōn
Dative	τῷ αἴκλῳ tôi aíklōi	τοῖν αἴκλοιν toîn aíkloin	τοῖς αἴκλοις toîs aíklois
Accusative	τὸ αἶκλον tò aîklon	τὼ αἴκλω tṑ aíklō	τᾰ̀ αἶκλᾰ tà aîkla
Vocative	αἶκλον aîklon	αἴκλω aíklō	αἶκλᾰ aîkla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀναίκλεια (anaíkleia)
• ἐπάϊκλα (epáïkla)

Further reading

• “αἶκλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἶκλον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN