μιλτεῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

μίλτος (míltos, “ruddle”) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mil.têː.on/ → /milˈti.on/ → /milˈti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mil.têː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /milˈti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /milˈti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /milˈti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /milˈti.on/

Noun

μιλτεῖον • (milteîon) n (genitive μιλτείου); second declension

1. vessel for storing ruddle

Declension

Second declension of τὸ μιλτεῖον; τοῦ μιλτείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μιλτεῖον tò milteîon	τὼ μιλτείω tṑ milteíō	τᾰ̀ μιλτεῖᾰ tà milteîa
Genitive	τοῦ μιλτείου toû milteíou	τοῖν μιλτείοιν toîn milteíoin	τῶν μιλτείων tôn milteíōn
Dative	τῷ μιλτείῳ tôi milteíōi	τοῖν μιλτείοιν toîn milteíoin	τοῖς μιλτείοις toîs milteíois
Accusative	τὸ μιλτεῖον tò milteîon	τὼ μιλτείω tṑ milteíō	τᾰ̀ μιλτεῖᾰ tà milteîa
Vocative	μιλτεῖον milteîon	μιλτείω milteíō	μιλτεῖᾰ milteîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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