στόμιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stó.mi.on/ → /ˈsto.mi.on/ → /ˈsto.mi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stó.mi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsto.mi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsto.mi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsto.mi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsto.mi.on/

Noun

στόμῐον • (stómion) n (genitive στομῐ́ου); second declension

1. small mouth
2. mouth of a vessel
3. mouth of a cave used as a grave
4. any aperture or opening
5. cavity from which winds issue
6. mouth of a canal
7. socket of a bolt
8. bridle-bit, bit of a curb
9. female ornament for the neck

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ στόμῐον; τοῦ στομῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στόμῐον tò stómion	τὼ στομῐ́ω tṑ stomíō	τᾰ̀ στόμῐᾰ tà stómia
Genitive	τοῦ στομῐ́ου toû stomíou	τοῖν στομῐ́οιν toîn stomíoin	τῶν στομῐ́ων tôn stomíōn
Dative	τῷ στομῐ́ῳ tôi stomíōi	τοῖν στομῐ́οιν toîn stomíoin	τοῖς στομῐ́οις toîs stomíois
Accusative	τὸ στόμῐον tò stómion	τὼ στομῐ́ω tṑ stomíō	τᾰ̀ στόμῐᾰ tà stómia
Vocative	στόμῐον stómion	στομῐ́ω stomíō	στόμῐᾰ stómia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• περῐστόμῐος (peristómios)
• ὑποστόμια (hupostómia)

Further reading

• “στόμιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “στόμιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• στόμιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette