κῴδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κῶᾰς (kôăs, “fleece”) +‎ -δῐον (-dĭon, 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 • (kṓidĭon) 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 kṓidĭon	τὼ κῳδῐ́ω tṑ kōidĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κῴδῐᾰ tằ kṓidĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κῳδῐ́ου toû kōidĭ́ou	τοῖν κῳδῐ́οιν toîn kōidĭ́oin	τῶν κῳδῐ́ων tôn kōidĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κῳδῐ́ῳ tôi kōidĭ́ōi	τοῖν κῳδῐ́οιν toîn kōidĭ́oin	τοῖς κῳδῐ́οις toîs kōidĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κῴδῐον tò kṓidĭon	τὼ κῳδῐ́ω tṑ kōidĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κῴδῐᾰ tằ kṓidĭă
Vocative	κῴδῐον kṓidĭon	κῳδῐ́ω kōidĭ́ō	κῴδῐᾰ kṓidĭă
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