πιστάκιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βιστάκιον (bistákion), φιττάκια (phittákia), ψιττάκια (psittákia)

Etymology

From πιστάκη (pistákē, “pistachio tree”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pis.tá.ki.on/ → /pisˈta.ci.on/ → /pisˈta.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pis.tá.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ci.on/

Noun

πιστάκῐον • (pistákĭon) n (genitive πιστᾰκίου); second declension

1. pistachio

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πῐστᾰ́κῐον; τοῦ πῐστᾰκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῐστᾰ́κῐον tò pĭstắkĭon	τὼ πῐστᾰκῐ́ω tṑ pĭstăkĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πῐστᾰ́κῐᾰ tằ pĭstắkĭă
Genitive	τοῦ πῐστᾰκῐ́ου toû pĭstăkĭ́ou	τοῖν πῐστᾰκῐ́οιν toîn pĭstăkĭ́oin	τῶν πῐστᾰκῐ́ων tôn pĭstăkĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ πῐστᾰκῐ́ῳ tôi pĭstăkĭ́ōi	τοῖν πῐστᾰκῐ́οιν toîn pĭstăkĭ́oin	τοῖς πῐστᾰκῐ́οις toîs pĭstăkĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ πῐστᾰ́κῐον tò pĭstắkĭon	τὼ πῐστᾰκῐ́ω tṑ pĭstăkĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πῐστᾰ́κῐᾰ tằ pĭstắkĭă
Vocative	πῐστᾰ́κῐον pĭstắkĭon	πῐστᾰκῐ́ω pĭstăkĭ́ō	πῐστᾰ́κῐᾰ pĭstắkĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: pistacium (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• πιστάκια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πιστάκιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “πιστάκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press