πηδάλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛː.dá.li.on/ → /piˈða.li.on/ → /piˈða.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛː.dá.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe̝ˈda.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈða.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈða.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈða.li.on/

Noun

πηδᾰ́λῐον • (pēdálion) n (genitive πηδᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

1. (nautical) steering-paddle, rudder

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πηδᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ πηδᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πηδᾰ́λῐον tò pēdálion	τὼ πηδᾰλῐ́ω tṑ pēdalíō	τᾰ̀ πηδᾰ́λῐᾰ tà pēdália
Genitive	τοῦ πηδᾰλῐ́ου toû pēdalíou	τοῖν πηδᾰλῐ́οιν toîn pēdalíoin	τῶν πηδᾰλῐ́ων tôn pēdalíōn
Dative	τῷ πηδᾰλῐ́ῳ tôi pēdalíōi	τοῖν πηδᾰλῐ́οιν toîn pēdalíoin	τοῖς πηδᾰλῐ́οις toîs pēdalíois
Accusative	τὸ πηδᾰ́λῐον tò pēdálion	τὼ πηδᾰλῐ́ω tṑ pēdalíō	τᾰ̀ πηδᾰ́λῐᾰ tà pēdália
Vocative	πηδᾰ́λῐον pēdálion	πηδᾰλῐ́ω pēdalíō	πηδᾰ́λῐᾰ pēdália
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πηδαλιόομαι (pēdalióomai)
• πηδαλιοτός (pēdaliotós)
• πηδαλιουργική (pēdaliourgikḗ)
• πηδαλιουχέω (pēdalioukhéō)
• πηδαλιοῦχος (pēdalioûkhos)
• πηδαλιώδης (pēdaliṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: πηδάλιο (pidálio)
• → Romanian: pidalion

Further reading

• “πηδάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πηδάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πηδάλιον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πηδάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πηδάλιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963