παίγνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παῖς (paîs, “child”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, “diminutive”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pǎi̯.ɡni.on/ → /ˈpɛ.ɣni.on/ → /ˈpe.ɣni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pǎi̯.ɡni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɣni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɣni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɣni.on/

Noun

παίγνῐον • (paígnĭon) n (genitive παιγνίου); second declension

1. toy, plaything

   Synonym: ἄθυρμα (áthurma)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ παίγνῐον; τοῦ παιγνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ παίγνῐον tò paígnĭon	τὼ παιγνῐ́ω tṑ paignĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ παίγνῐᾰ tằ paígnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ παιγνῐ́ου toû paignĭ́ou	τοῖν παιγνῐ́οιν toîn paignĭ́oin	τῶν παιγνῐ́ων tôn paignĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ παιγνῐ́ῳ tôi paignĭ́ōi	τοῖν παιγνῐ́οιν toîn paignĭ́oin	τοῖς παιγνῐ́οις toîs paignĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ παίγνῐον tò paígnĭon	τὼ παιγνῐ́ω tṑ paignĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ παίγνῐᾰ tằ paígnĭă
Vocative	παίγνῐον paígnĭon	παιγνῐ́ω paignĭ́ō	παίγνῐᾰ paígnĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: παιχνίδι (paichnídi) (learned)