κολλύριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολλῡ́ρα (kollū́ra, “roll”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kol.ly̌ː.ri.on/ → /kolˈly.ri.on/ → /koˈli.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kol.ly̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kolˈly.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kolˈly.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kolˈly.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈli.ri.on/

Noun

κολλῡ́ρῐον • (kollū́rĭon) n (genitive κολλῡρῐ́ου); second declension

1. pessary, diaphragm
2. (medicine) eyesalve, collyrium
3. fine clay on which a seal can be impressed

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κολλῡ́ρῐον; τοῦ κολλῡρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κολλῡ́ρῐον tò kollū́rĭon	τὼ κολλῡρῐ́ω tṑ kollūrĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κολλῡ́ρῐᾰ tằ kollū́rĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κολλῡρῐ́ου toû kollūrĭ́ou	τοῖν κολλῡρῐ́οιν toîn kollūrĭ́oin	τῶν κολλῡρῐ́ων tôn kollūrĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κολλῡρῐ́ῳ tôi kollūrĭ́ōi	τοῖν κολλῡρῐ́οιν toîn kollūrĭ́oin	τοῖς κολλῡρῐ́οις toîs kollūrĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κολλῡ́ρῐον tò kollū́rĭon	τὼ κολλῡρῐ́ω tṑ kollūrĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κολλῡ́ρῐᾰ tằ kollū́rĭă
Vocative	κολλῡ́ρῐον kollū́rĭon	κολλῡρῐ́ω kollūrĭ́ō	κολλῡ́ρῐᾰ kollū́rĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κολλῡρῐοποιέομαι (kollūrĭopoiéomai)
• κολλῡρῐ́ων (kollūrĭ́ōn)

Descendants

• → Latin: collȳrium

Further reading

• “κολλύριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κολλύριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κολλύριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette