κογχύλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κογχύλη (konkhúlē) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix); the first element is itself a diminutive of κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koŋ.kʰý.li.on/ → /koɲˈçy.li.on/ → /koɲˈçi.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /koŋ.kʰý.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koŋˈkʰy.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koɲˈçy.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koɲˈçy.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koɲˈçi.li.on/

Noun

κογχύλῐον • (konkhúlion) n (genitive κογχῠλίου); second declension

1. a small kind of mussel or cockle
2. its shell or any bivalve shell

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κογχῠ́λῐον; τοῦ κογχῠλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κογχῠ́λῐον tò konkhúlion	τὼ κογχῠλῐ́ω tṑ konkhulíō	τᾰ̀ κογχῠ́λῐᾰ tà konkhúlia
Genitive	τοῦ κογχῠλῐ́ου toû konkhulíou	τοῖν κογχῠλῐ́οιν toîn konkhulíoin	τῶν κογχῠλῐ́ων tôn konkhulíōn
Dative	τῷ κογχῠλῐ́ῳ tôi konkhulíōi	τοῖν κογχῠλῐ́οιν toîn konkhulíoin	τοῖς κογχῠλῐ́οις toîs konkhulíois
Accusative	τὸ κογχῠ́λῐον tò konkhúlion	τὼ κογχῠλῐ́ω tṑ konkhulíō	τᾰ̀ κογχῠ́λῐᾰ tà konkhúlia
Vocative	κογχῠ́λῐον konkhúlion	κογχῠλῐ́ω konkhulíō	κογχῠ́λῐᾰ konkhúlia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κοχύλι (kochýli)
• Latin: conchylium (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “κογχύλιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011