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 • (băstérnĭon) n (genitive βᾰστερνῐ́ου); second declension

1. basterna, palanquin

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βᾰστέρνῐον; τοῦ βᾰστερνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰστέρνῐον tò băstérnĭon	τὼ βᾰστερνῐ́ω tṑ băsternĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βᾰστέρνῐᾰ tằ băstérnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰστερνῐ́ου toû băsternĭ́ou	τοῖν βᾰστερνῐ́οιν toîn băsternĭ́oin	τῶν βᾰστερνῐ́ων tôn băsternĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰστερνῐ́ῳ tôi băsternĭ́ōi	τοῖν βᾰστερνῐ́οιν toîn băsternĭ́oin	τοῖς βᾰστερνῐ́οις toîs băsternĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ βᾰστέρνῐον tò băstérnĭon	τὼ βᾰστερνῐ́ω tṑ băsternĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βᾰστέρνῐᾰ tằ băstérnĭă
Vocative	βᾰστέρνῐον băstérnĭon	βᾰστερνῐ́ω băsternĭ́ō	βᾰστέρνῐᾰ băstérnĭă
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 (2006–2025)