λίστριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λίστρον (lístron, “spade, shovel”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lís.tri.on/ → /ˈlis.tri.on/ → /ˈlis.tri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lís.tri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tri.on/

Noun

λῐ́στρῐον • (lĭ́strĭon) n (genitive λῐστρῐ́ου); second declension

1. spoon

   Synonym: κοχλιάριον (kokhliárion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῐ́στρῐον; τοῦ λῐστρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῐ́στρῐον tò lĭ́strĭon	τὼ λῐστρῐ́ω tṑ lĭstrĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ λῐ́στρῐᾰ tằ lĭ́strĭă
Genitive	τοῦ λῐστρῐ́ου toû lĭstrĭ́ou	τοῖν λῐστρῐ́οιν toîn lĭstrĭ́oin	τῶν λῐστρῐ́ων tôn lĭstrĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ λῐστρῐ́ῳ tôi lĭstrĭ́ōi	τοῖν λῐστρῐ́οιν toîn lĭstrĭ́oin	τοῖς λῐστρῐ́οις toîs lĭstrĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ λῐ́στρῐον tò lĭ́strĭon	τὼ λῐστρῐ́ω tṑ lĭstrĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ λῐ́στρῐᾰ tằ lĭ́strĭă
Vocative	λῐ́στρῐον lĭ́strĭon	λῐστρῐ́ω lĭstrĭ́ō	λῐ́στρῐᾰ lĭ́strĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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