οἰωνιστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰωνῐ́ζομαι (oiōnĭ́zomai, “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 • (oiōnĭstḗrĭon) 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 oiōnĭstḗrĭon	τὼ οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ oiōnĭstērĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ οἰωνῐστήρῐᾰ tằ oiōnĭstḗrĭă
Genitive	τοῦ οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ου toû oiōnĭstērĭ́ou	τοῖν οἰωνῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn oiōnĭstērĭ́oin	τῶν οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ων tôn oiōnĭstērĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ῳ tôi oiōnĭstērĭ́ōi	τοῖν οἰωνῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn oiōnĭstērĭ́oin	τοῖς οἰωνῐστηρῐ́οις toîs oiōnĭstērĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ οἰωνῐστήρῐον tò oiōnĭstḗrĭon	τὼ οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ oiōnĭstērĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ οἰωνῐστήρῐᾰ tằ oiōnĭstḗrĭă
Vocative	οἰωνῐστήρῐον oiōnĭstḗrĭon	οἰωνῐστηρῐ́ω oiōnĭstērĭ́ō	οἰωνῐστήρῐᾰ oiōnĭstḗrĭă
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