καλίγιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰλήγῐον (kălḗgĭon)

Etymology

From Latin caliga + -ῐον (-ĭon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lí.ɡi.on/ → /kaˈli.ʝi.on/ → /kaˈli.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lí.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.ʝi.on/

Noun

κᾰλῐ́γῐον • (kălĭ́gĭon) n (genitive κᾰλῐγῐ́ου); second declension

1. caliga, a leathern boot worn by the Romans

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰλῐ́γῐον; τοῦ κᾰλῐγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰλῐ́γῐον tò kălĭ́gĭon	τὼ κᾰλῐγῐ́ω tṑ kălĭgĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κᾰλῐ́γῐᾰ tằ kălĭ́gĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰλῐγῐ́ου toû kălĭgĭ́ou	τοῖν κᾰλῐγῐ́οιν toîn kălĭgĭ́oin	τῶν κᾰλῐγῐ́ων tôn kălĭgĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰλῐγῐ́ῳ tôi kălĭgĭ́ōi	τοῖν κᾰλῐγῐ́οιν toîn kălĭgĭ́oin	τοῖς κᾰλῐγῐ́οις toîs kălĭgĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰλῐ́γῐον tò kălĭ́gĭon	τὼ κᾰλῐγῐ́ω tṑ kălĭgĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κᾰλῐ́γῐᾰ tằ kălĭ́gĭă
Vocative	κᾰλῐ́γῐον kălĭ́gĭon	κᾰλῐγῐ́ω kălĭgĭ́ō	κᾰλῐ́γῐᾰ kălĭ́gĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “καλίγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press