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 • (stómĭon) 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 stómĭon	τὼ στομῐ́ω tṑ stomĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ στόμῐᾰ tằ stómĭă
Genitive	τοῦ στομῐ́ου toû stomĭ́ou	τοῖν στομῐ́οιν toîn stomĭ́oin	τῶν στομῐ́ων tôn stomĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ στομῐ́ῳ tôi stomĭ́ōi	τοῖν στομῐ́οιν toîn stomĭ́oin	τοῖς στομῐ́οις toîs stomĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ στόμῐον tò stómĭon	τὼ στομῐ́ω tṑ stomĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ στόμῐᾰ tằ stómĭă
Vocative	στόμῐον stómĭon	στομῐ́ω stomĭ́ō	στόμῐᾰ stómĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• περῐστόμῐος (perĭstómĭos)
• 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