λιβάδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λιβάς (libás, “stream, spring”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.bá.di.on/ → /liˈβa.ði.on/ → /liˈva.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.bá.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈba.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈβa.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈva.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈva.ði.on/

Noun

λῐβᾰ́δῐον • (lĭbắdĭon) n (genitive λῐβᾰδῐ́ου); second declension

1. small spring, small stream
2. wet place
3. centaury (Centaurium erythraea)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῐβᾰ́δῐον; τοῦ λῐβᾰδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῐβᾰ́δῐον tò lĭbắdĭon	τὼ λῐβᾰδῐ́ω tṑ lĭbădĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ λῐβᾰ́δῐᾰ tằ lĭbắdĭă
Genitive	τοῦ λῐβᾰδῐ́ου toû lĭbădĭ́ou	τοῖν λῐβᾰδῐ́οιν toîn lĭbădĭ́oin	τῶν λῐβᾰδῐ́ων tôn lĭbădĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ λῐβᾰδῐ́ῳ tôi lĭbădĭ́ōi	τοῖν λῐβᾰδῐ́οιν toîn lĭbădĭ́oin	τοῖς λῐβᾰδῐ́οις toîs lĭbădĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ λῐβᾰ́δῐον tò lĭbắdĭon	τὼ λῐβᾰδῐ́ω tṑ lĭbădĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ λῐβᾰ́δῐᾰ tằ lĭbắdĭă
Vocative	λῐβᾰ́δῐον lĭbắdĭon	λῐβᾰδῐ́ω lĭbădĭ́ō	λῐβᾰ́δῐᾰ lĭbắdĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: λιβάδι (livádi)
• → Latin: libadion

Further reading

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