σητάνιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σῑτᾰ́νῐον (sītắnĭon)

Etymology

From σητάνιος (sētánios, “of this year, this year's”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛː.tá.ni.on/ → /siˈta.ni.on/ → /siˈta.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛː.tá.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /se̝ˈta.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈta.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈta.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈta.ni.on/

Noun

σητᾰ́νῐον • (sētắnĭon) n (genitive σητᾰνῐ́ου); second declension

1. medlar (Mespilus germanica)

   Synonyms: ἐπῐμηλῐ́ς (epĭmēlĭ́s), μέσπιλον (méspilon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σητᾰ́νῐον; τοῦ σητᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σητᾰ́νῐον tò sētắnĭon	τὼ σητᾰνῐ́ω tṑ sētănĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σητᾰ́νῐᾰ tằ sētắnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ σητᾰνῐ́ου toû sētănĭ́ou	τοῖν σητᾰνῐ́οιν toîn sētănĭ́oin	τῶν σητᾰνῐ́ων tôn sētănĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σητᾰνῐ́ῳ tôi sētănĭ́ōi	τοῖν σητᾰνῐ́οιν toîn sētănĭ́oin	τοῖς σητᾰνῐ́οις toîs sētănĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ σητᾰ́νῐον tò sētắnĭon	τὼ σητᾰνῐ́ω tṑ sētănĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σητᾰ́νῐᾰ tằ sētắnĭă
Vocative	σητᾰ́νῐον sētắnĭon	σητᾰνῐ́ω sētănĭ́ō	σητᾰ́νῐᾰ sētắnĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: sētania

Further reading

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