κομμάτιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόμμα (kómma, “stamp, coinage; piece”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kom.má.ti.on/ → /komˈma.ti.on/ → /koˈma.ti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kom.má.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /komˈma.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /komˈma.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /komˈma.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈma.ti.on/

Noun

κομμάτῐον • (kommátĭon) n (genitive κομμᾰτίου); second declension

1. (in the plural) small logs
2. metrical phrase
3. short clause

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κομμᾰ́τῐον; τοῦ κομμᾰτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κομμᾰ́τῐον tò kommắtĭon	τὼ κομμᾰτῐ́ω tṑ kommătĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κομμᾰ́τῐᾰ tằ kommắtĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κομμᾰτῐ́ου toû kommătĭ́ou	τοῖν κομμᾰτῐ́οιν toîn kommătĭ́oin	τῶν κομμᾰτῐ́ων tôn kommătĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κομμᾰτῐ́ῳ tôi kommătĭ́ōi	τοῖν κομμᾰτῐ́οιν toîn kommătĭ́oin	τοῖς κομμᾰτῐ́οις toîs kommătĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κομμᾰ́τῐον tò kommắtĭon	τὼ κομμᾰτῐ́ω tṑ kommătĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κομμᾰ́τῐᾰ tằ kommắtĭă
Vocative	κομμᾰ́τῐον kommắtĭon	κομμᾰτῐ́ω kommătĭ́ō	κομμᾰ́τῐᾰ kommắtĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κομμάτιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κομμάτιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette