περδίκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /per.dǐː.ki.on/ → /perˈði.ci.on/ → /perˈði.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /per.dǐː.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /perˈdi.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /perˈði.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /perˈði.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /perˈði.ci.on/

Noun

περδῑ́κῐον • (perdī́kion) n (genitive περδῑκῐ́ου); second declension

1. kind of knotweed (Polygonum maritimum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ περδῑ́κῐον; τοῦ περδῑκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ περδῑ́κῐον tò perdī́kion	τὼ περδῑκῐ́ω tṑ perdīkíō	τᾰ̀ περδῑ́κῐᾰ tà perdī́kia
Genitive	τοῦ περδῑκῐ́ου toû perdīkíou	τοῖν περδῑκῐ́οιν toîn perdīkíoin	τῶν περδῑκῐ́ων tôn perdīkíōn
Dative	τῷ περδῑκῐ́ῳ tôi perdīkíōi	τοῖν περδῑκῐ́οιν toîn perdīkíoin	τοῖς περδῑκῐ́οις toîs perdīkíois
Accusative	τὸ περδῑ́κῐον tò perdī́kion	τὼ περδῑκῐ́ω tṑ perdīkíō	τᾰ̀ περδῑ́κῐᾰ tà perdī́kia
Vocative	περδῑ́κῐον perdī́kion	περδῑκῐ́ω perdīkíō	περδῑ́κῐᾰ perdī́kia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Perdicium

Further reading

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