κωδώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κώδων (kṓdōn, “a bell”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔː.dɔ̌ː.ni.on/ → /koˈðo.ni.on/ → /koˈðo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔː.dɔ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈdo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈðo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈðo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈðo.ni.on/

Noun

κωδώνῐον • (kōdṓnion) n (genitive κωδωνῐ́ου); second declension

1. diminutive of κώδων (kṓdōn)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κωδώνῐον; τοῦ κωδωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κωδώνῐον tò kōdṓnion	τὼ κωδωνῐ́ω tṑ kōdōníō	τᾰ̀ κωδώνῐᾰ tà kōdṓnia
Genitive	τοῦ κωδωνῐ́ου toû kōdōníou	τοῖν κωδωνῐ́οιν toîn kōdōníoin	τῶν κωδωνῐ́ων tôn kōdōníōn
Dative	τῷ κωδωνῐ́ῳ tôi kōdōníōi	τοῖν κωδωνῐ́οιν toîn kōdōníoin	τοῖς κωδωνῐ́οις toîs kōdōníois
Accusative	τὸ κωδώνῐον tò kōdṓnion	τὼ κωδωνῐ́ω tṑ kōdōníō	τᾰ̀ κωδώνῐᾰ tà kōdṓnia
Vocative	κωδώνῐον kōdṓnion	κωδωνῐ́ω kōdōníō	κωδώνῐᾰ kōdṓnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: κουδούνιν (koudoúnin)
  • Greek: κουδούνι (koudoúni)

Further reading

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