κῴδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κῶᾰς (kôas, “fleece”) +‎ -δῐον (-dion, diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̌ːi̯.di.on/ → /ˈko.ði.on/ → /ˈko.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔ̌ːi̯.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ði.on/

Noun

κῴδῐον • (kṓidion) n (genitive κῳδῐ́ου); second declension

1. sheepskin, fleece, used for a bed cover
   • 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 400
   • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 1478
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 315d
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, The Girl from Samos 189

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κῴδῐον; τοῦ κῳδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῴδῐον tò kṓidion	τὼ κῳδῐ́ω tṑ kōidíō	τᾰ̀ κῴδῐᾰ tà kṓidia
Genitive	τοῦ κῳδῐ́ου toû kōidíou	τοῖν κῳδῐ́οιν toîn kōidíoin	τῶν κῳδῐ́ων tôn kōidíōn
Dative	τῷ κῳδῐ́ῳ tôi kōidíōi	τοῖν κῳδῐ́οιν toîn kōidíoin	τοῖς κῳδῐ́οις toîs kōidíois
Accusative	τὸ κῴδῐον tò kṓidion	τὼ κῳδῐ́ω tṑ kōidíō	τᾰ̀ κῴδῐᾰ tà kṓidia
Vocative	κῴδῐον kṓidion	κῳδῐ́ω kōidíō	κῴδῐᾰ kṓidia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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