μίνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin minium, itself from Iberian substrate.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mí.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.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

μῐ́νῐον • (mínion) n (genitive μῐνῐ́ου); second declension

1. minium, a substance similar to cinnabar

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μῐ́νῐον; τοῦ μῐνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μῐ́νῐον tò mínion	τὼ μῐνῐ́ω tṑ miníō	τᾰ̀ μῐ́νῐᾰ tà mínia
Genitive	τοῦ μῐνῐ́ου toû miníou	τοῖν μῐνῐ́οιν toîn miníoin	τῶν μῐνῐ́ων tôn miníōn
Dative	τῷ μῐνῐ́ῳ tôi miníōi	τοῖν μῐνῐ́οιν toîn miníoin	τοῖς μῐνῐ́οις toîs miníois
Accusative	τὸ μῐ́νῐον tò mínion	τὼ μῐνῐ́ω tṑ miníō	τᾰ̀ μῐ́νῐᾰ tà mínia
Vocative	μῐ́νῐον mínion	μῐνῐ́ω miníō	μῐ́νῐᾰ mínia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μίνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press