δεκαστάδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”) +‎ στᾰ́δῐον (stắdĭon, “stadium”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /de.kas.tá.di.on/ → /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/ → /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /de.kas.tá.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de.kasˈta.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/

Noun

δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον • (dekăstắdĭon) n (genitive δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ου); second declension

1. racecourse of ten stadia

Declension

Second declension of τὸ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον; τοῦ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον tò dekăstắdĭon	τὼ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ω tṑ dekăstădĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐᾰ tằ dekăstắdĭă
Genitive	τοῦ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ου toû dekăstădĭ́ou	τοῖν δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́οιν toîn dekăstădĭ́oin	τῶν δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ων tôn dekăstădĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ῳ tôi dekăstădĭ́ōi	τοῖν δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́οιν toîn dekăstădĭ́oin	τοῖς δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́οις toîs dekăstădĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον tò dekăstắdĭon	τὼ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ω tṑ dekăstădĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐᾰ tằ dekăstắdĭă
Vocative	δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον dekăstắdĭon	δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ω dekăstădĭ́ō	δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐᾰ dekăstắdĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δεκαστάδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δεκαστάδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δεκαστάδιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)