οἰωνιστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰωνῐ́ζομαι (oiōnízomai, “to take omens from the flight of birds”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.ɔː.nis.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /y.o.nisˈti.ri.on/ → /i.o.nisˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.ɔː.nis.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.o.nisˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.o.nisˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.o.nisˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.o.nisˈti.ri.on/

Noun

οἰωνῐστήρῐον • (oiōnistḗrion) n (genitive οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. place for watching the flight of birds
2. omen or token

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ οἰωνῐστήρῐον; τοῦ οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ οἰωνῐστήρῐον tò oiōnistḗrion	τὼ οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ oiōnistēríō	τᾰ̀ οἰωνῐστήρῐᾰ tà oiōnistḗria
Genitive	τοῦ οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ου toû oiōnistēríou	τοῖν οἰωνῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn oiōnistēríoin	τῶν οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ων tôn oiōnistēríōn
Dative	τῷ οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ῳ tôi oiōnistēríōi	τοῖν οἰωνῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn oiōnistēríoin	τοῖς οἰωνῐστηρῐ́οις toîs oiōnistēríois
Accusative	τὸ οἰωνῐστήρῐον tò oiōnistḗrion	τὼ οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ oiōnistēríō	τᾰ̀ οἰωνῐστήρῐᾰ tà oiōnistḗria
Vocative	οἰωνῐστήρῐον oiōnistḗrion	οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ω oiōnistēríō	οἰωνῐστήρῐᾰ oiōnistḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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