μήνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μήν (mḗn, “month”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.ni.on/ → /ˈmi.ni.on/ → /ˈmi.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme̝.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ni.on/

Noun

μήνῐον • (mḗnion) n (genitive μηνῐ́ου); second declension

1. common peony (Paeonia officinalis)

   Synonyms: ᾱ̓γλᾰοφῶτῐς (āglaophôtis), γλαβρήνη (glabrḗnē), γλυκυσίδη (glukusídē), ὀρόβαξ (oróbax)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μήνῐον; τοῦ μηνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μήνῐον tò mḗnion	τὼ μηνῐ́ω tṑ mēníō	τᾰ̀ μήνῐᾰ tà mḗnia
Genitive	τοῦ μηνῐ́ου toû mēníou	τοῖν μηνῐ́οιν toîn mēníoin	τῶν μηνῐ́ων tôn mēníōn
Dative	τῷ μηνῐ́ῳ tôi mēníōi	τοῖν μηνῐ́οιν toîn mēníoin	τοῖς μηνῐ́οις toîs mēníois
Accusative	τὸ μήνῐον tò mḗnion	τὼ μηνῐ́ω tṑ mēníō	τᾰ̀ μήνῐᾰ tà mḗnia
Vocative	μήνῐον mḗnion	μηνῐ́ω mēníō	μήνῐᾰ mḗnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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