μαρσίππιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μαρσίπιον (marsípion), μαρσίππειον (marsíppeion), μαρσύπιον (marsúpion)

Etymology

From μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mar.síp.pi.on/ → /marˈsip.pi.on/ → /marˈsi.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mar.síp.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /marˈsip.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /marˈsip.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /marˈsip.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /marˈsi.pi.on/

Noun

μαρσίππῐον • (marsíppĭon) n (genitive μαρσιππίου); second declension

1. diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ μᾰρσῐ́ππῐον; τοῦ μᾰρσῐππῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μᾰρσῐ́ππῐον tò mărsĭ́ppĭon	τὼ μᾰρσῐππῐ́ω tṑ mărsĭppĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ μᾰρσῐ́ππῐᾰ tằ mărsĭ́ppĭă
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰρσῐππῐ́ου toû mărsĭppĭ́ou	τοῖν μᾰρσῐππῐ́οιν toîn mărsĭppĭ́oin	τῶν μᾰρσῐππῐ́ων tôn mărsĭppĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰρσῐππῐ́ῳ tôi mărsĭppĭ́ōi	τοῖν μᾰρσῐππῐ́οιν toîn mărsĭppĭ́oin	τοῖς μᾰρσῐππῐ́οις toîs mărsĭppĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ μᾰρσῐ́ππῐον tò mărsĭ́ppĭon	τὼ μᾰρσῐππῐ́ω tṑ mărsĭppĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ μᾰρσῐ́ππῐᾰ tằ mărsĭ́ppĭă
Vocative	μᾰρσῐ́ππῐον mărsĭ́ppĭon	μᾰρσῐππῐ́ω mărsĭppĭ́ō	μᾰρσῐ́ππῐᾰ mărsĭ́ppĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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