βαρύλλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βᾰ́ρος (bắros, “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 • (bărŭ́llĭon) 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 bărŭ́llĭon	τὼ βᾰρῠλλῐ́ω tṑ bărŭllĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βᾰρῠ́λλῐᾰ tằ bărŭ́llĭă
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰρῠλλῐ́ου toû bărŭllĭ́ou	τοῖν βᾰρῠλλῐ́οιν toîn bărŭllĭ́oin	τῶν βᾰρῠλλῐ́ων tôn bărŭllĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰρῠλλῐ́ῳ tôi bărŭllĭ́ōi	τοῖν βᾰρῠλλῐ́οιν toîn bărŭllĭ́oin	τοῖς βᾰρῠλλῐ́οις toîs bărŭllĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ βᾰρῠ́λλῐον tò bărŭ́llĭon	τὼ βᾰρῠλλῐ́ω tṑ bărŭllĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βᾰρῠ́λλῐᾰ tằ bărŭ́llĭă
Vocative	βᾰρῠ́λλῐον bărŭ́llĭon	βᾰρῠλλῐ́ω bărŭllĭ́ō	βᾰρῠ́λλῐᾰ bărŭ́llĭă
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 (2006–2025)