δέραιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δέρη (dérē, “neck, throat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dé.rai̯.on/ → /ˈðe.rɛ.on/ → /ˈðe.re.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dé.rai̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈde.rɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.rɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.re.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.re.on/

Noun

δέραιον • (déraion) n (genitive δεραίου); second declension

1. necklace, collar

   Synonyms: ἴσθμιον (ísthmion), μηνίσκος (mēnískos), μάννος (mánnos), περιτραχήλιον (peritrakhḗlion), πλόκιον (plókion), ὅρμος (hórmos), σφιγγίον (sphingíon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δέραιον; τοῦ δεραίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δέραιον tò déraion	τὼ δεραίω tṑ deraíō	τᾰ̀ δέραιᾰ tà déraia
Genitive	τοῦ δεραίου toû deraíou	τοῖν δεραίοιν toîn deraíoin	τῶν δεραίων tôn deraíōn
Dative	τῷ δεραίῳ tôi deraíōi	τοῖν δεραίοιν toîn deraíoin	τοῖς δεραίοις toîs deraíois
Accusative	τὸ δέραιον tò déraion	τὼ δεραίω tṑ deraíō	τᾰ̀ δέραιᾰ tà déraia
Vocative	δέραιον déraion	δεραίω deraíō	δέραιᾰ déraia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμφιδέραιον (amphidéraion)
• περιδέραιον (peridéraion)
• περιδέραιος (peridéraios)
• ὑποδέραιον (hupodéraion)

 

Further reading

• “δέραιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δέραιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δέραιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)