γυργαθίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γυργαθός (gurgathós, “creel”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡyr.ɡa.tʰí.on/ → /ʝyr.ɣaˈθi.on/ → /ʝir.ɣaˈθi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡyr.ɡa.tʰí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡyr.ɡaˈtʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝyr.ɣaˈθi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝyr.ɣaˈθi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝir.ɣaˈθi.on/

Noun

γυργᾰθῐ́ον • (gurgathíon) n (genitive γυργᾰθῐ́ου); second declension

1. net used in alchemy for suspending substances in fluids

Declension

Second declension of τὸ γυργᾰθῐ́ον; τοῦ γυργᾰθῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γυργᾰθῐ́ον tò gurgathíon	τὼ γυργᾰθῐ́ω tṑ gurgathíō	τᾰ̀ γυργᾰθῐ́ᾰ tà gurgathía
Genitive	τοῦ γυργᾰθῐ́ου toû gurgathíou	τοῖν γυργᾰθῐ́οιν toîn gurgathíoin	τῶν γυργᾰθῐ́ων tôn gurgathíōn
Dative	τῷ γυργᾰθῐ́ῳ tôi gurgathíōi	τοῖν γυργᾰθῐ́οιν toîn gurgathíoin	τοῖς γυργᾰθῐ́οις toîs gurgathíois
Accusative	τὸ γυργᾰθῐ́ον tò gurgathíon	τὼ γυργᾰθῐ́ω tṑ gurgathíō	τᾰ̀ γυργᾰθῐ́ᾰ tà gurgathía
Vocative	γυργᾰθῐ́ον gurgathíon	γυργᾰθῐ́ω gurgathíō	γυργᾰθῐ́ᾰ gurgathía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γυργαθίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γυργαθίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette