λογεῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λογεύς (logeús, “speaker”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, suffix of location).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lo.ɡêː.on/ → /loˈʝi.on/ → /loˈʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lo.ɡêː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /loˈɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /loˈʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /loˈʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /loˈʝi.on/

Noun

λογεῖον • (logeîon) n (genitive λογείου); second declension

1. a place for speaking
2. (in a theater) stage, platform
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Theseus 16
3. (place of speech) mouth
   • ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 2.98

Declension

Second declension of τὸ λογεῖον; τοῦ λογείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λογεῖον tò logeîon	τὼ λογείω tṑ logeíō	τᾰ̀ λογεῖᾰ tà logeîa
Genitive	τοῦ λογείου toû logeíou	τοῖν λογείοιν toîn logeíoin	τῶν λογείων tôn logeíōn
Dative	τῷ λογείῳ tôi logeíōi	τοῖν λογείοιν toîn logeíoin	τοῖς λογείοις toîs logeíois
Accusative	τὸ λογεῖον tò logeîon	τὼ λογείω tṑ logeíō	τᾰ̀ λογεῖᾰ tà logeîa
Vocative	λογεῖον logeîon	λογείω logeíō	λογεῖᾰ logeîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψηφολογεῖον (psēphologeîon)

Descendants

• Latin: logēum

References

• “λογεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λογεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λογεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λογεῖον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011