δευτερονόμιον

See also: Δευτερονόμιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”) +‎ νόμος (nómos, “law”) +‎ -ιον (-ion). Translates Biblical Hebrew מִשְׁנֵה הַתּוֹרָה (mišnê hattôrâ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ðeɸ.te.roˈno.mi.on/ → /ðef.te.roˈno.mi.on/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dew.te.roˈno.mi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðeɸ.te.roˈno.mi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðef.te.roˈno.mi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðef.te.roˈno.mi.on/

Proper noun

δευτερονόμιον • (deuteronómion) n (genitive δευτερονομίου); second declension

1. (Judaism) repetition of the law, a copy of the law

Declension

Second declension of τὸ δευτερονόμιον; τοῦ δευτερονομίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ δευτερονόμιον tò deuteronómion
Genitive	τοῦ δευτερονομίου toû deuteronomíou
Dative	τῷ δευτερονομίῳ tôi deuteronomíōi
Accusative	τὸ δευτερονόμιον tò deuteronómion
Vocative	δευτερονόμιον deuteronómion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Quotations

• 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Deuteronomy 17.18:

  καὶ ὅταν καθίσῃ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ γράψει αὐτῷ τὸ δευτερονόμιον τοῦτο εἰς βιβλίον παρὰ τῶν ἱερέων τῶν Λευιτῶν,

  kaì hótan kathísēi epì tês arkhês autoû, kaì grápsei autôi tò deuteronómion toûto eis biblíon parà tôn hieréōn tôn Leuitôn,

  • Translation by Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton

    And when he shall be established in his government, then shall he write for himself this repetition of the law into a book by the hands of the priests the Levites;

• 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Joshua 9.2γ:

  καὶ ἔγραψεν Ἰησοῦς ἐπὶ τῶν λίθων τὸ δευτερονόμιον, νόμον Μωυσῆ, ὃν ἔγραψεν ἐνώπιον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ

  kaì égrapsen Iēsoûs epì tôn líthōn tò deuteronómion, nómon Mōusê, hòn égrapsen enṓpion tôn huiôn Israḕl

  • Translation by Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton

    And Joshua wrote upon the stones a copy of the law, even the law of Moses, before the children of Israel.

Derived terms

• Δευτερονόμιον (Deuteronómion)

Descendants

• → Latin: deuteronomium

Further reading

• “δευτερονόμιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “δευτερονόμιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press