σιτώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῑτώνης (sītṓnēs, “public buyer of corn”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siː.tɔ̌ː.ni.on/ → /siˈto.ni.on/ → /siˈto.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /siː.tɔ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /siˈto.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈto.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈto.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈto.ni.on/

Noun

σῑτώνῐον • (sītṓnĭon) n (genitive σῑτωνῐ́ου); second declension

1. public granary, storehouse or wheat-fund
2. money for the purchase of corn, as part of a soldier's pay
3. (economics) name of a tax, probably levied to provide corn money

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῑτώνῐον; τοῦ σῑτωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῑτώνῐον tò sītṓnĭon	τὼ σῑτωνῐ́ω tṑ sītōnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σῑτώνῐᾰ tằ sītṓnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ σῑτωνῐ́ου toû sītōnĭ́ou	τοῖν σῑτωνῐ́οιν toîn sītōnĭ́oin	τῶν σῑτωνῐ́ων tôn sītōnĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σῑτωνῐ́ῳ tôi sītōnĭ́ōi	τοῖν σῑτωνῐ́οιν toîn sītōnĭ́oin	τοῖς σῑτωνῐ́οις toîs sītōnĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ σῑτώνῐον tò sītṓnĭon	τὼ σῑτωνῐ́ω tṑ sītōnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σῑτώνῐᾰ tằ sītṓnĭă
Vocative	σῑτώνῐον sītṓnĭon	σῑτωνῐ́ω sītōnĭ́ō	σῑτώνῐᾰ sītṓnĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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