λεπίδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.pí.di.on/ → /leˈpi.ði.on/ → /leˈpi.ði.on/

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

Noun

λεπῐ́δῐον • (lepĭ́dĭon) n (genitive λεπῐδῐ́ου); second declension

1. small plate, capsule, used to close a tube
2. pepperwort (Lepidium latifolium)

   Synonym: γῐγγῐ́δῐον (gĭngĭ́dĭon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λεπῐ́δῐον; τοῦ λεπῐδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λεπῐ́δῐον tò lepĭ́dĭon	τὼ λεπῐδῐ́ω tṑ lepĭdĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ λεπῐ́δῐᾰ tằ lepĭ́dĭă
Genitive	τοῦ λεπῐδῐ́ου toû lepĭdĭ́ou	τοῖν λεπῐδῐ́οιν toîn lepĭdĭ́oin	τῶν λεπῐδῐ́ων tôn lepĭdĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ λεπῐδῐ́ῳ tôi lepĭdĭ́ōi	τοῖν λεπῐδῐ́οιν toîn lepĭdĭ́oin	τοῖς λεπῐδῐ́οις toîs lepĭdĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ λεπῐ́δῐον tò lepĭ́dĭon	τὼ λεπῐδῐ́ω tṑ lepĭdĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ λεπῐ́δῐᾰ tằ lepĭ́dĭă
Vocative	λεπῐ́δῐον lepĭ́dĭon	λεπῐδῐ́ω lepĭdĭ́ō	λεπῐ́δῐᾰ lepĭ́dĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: lepidium
• → Translingual: Lepidium

Further reading

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