σχοινίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σχοῖνος (skhoînos, “rope”) +‎ -ίον (-íon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰoi̯.ní.on/ → /sçyˈni.on/ → /sçiˈni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰoi̯.ní.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skʰyˈni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sçyˈni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sçyˈni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sçiˈni.on/

Noun

σχοινῐ́ον • (skhoinĭ́on) n (genitive σχοινῐ́ου); second declension

1. small rope, cord or thread

   Synonym: δεσμός (desmós)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σχοινῐ́ον; τοῦ σχοινῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σχοινῐ́ον tò skhoinĭ́on	τὼ σχοινῐ́ω tṑ skhoinĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σχοινῐ́ᾰ tằ skhoinĭ́ă
Genitive	τοῦ σχοινῐ́ου toû skhoinĭ́ou	τοῖν σχοινῐ́οιν toîn skhoinĭ́oin	τῶν σχοινῐ́ων tôn skhoinĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σχοινῐ́ῳ tôi skhoinĭ́ōi	τοῖν σχοινῐ́οιν toîn skhoinĭ́oin	τοῖς σχοινῐ́οις toîs skhoinĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ σχοινῐ́ον tò skhoinĭ́on	τὼ σχοινῐ́ω tṑ skhoinĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σχοινῐ́ᾰ tằ skhoinĭ́ă
Vocative	σχοινῐ́ον skhoinĭ́on	σχοινῐ́ω skhoinĭ́ō	σχοινῐ́ᾰ skhoinĭ́ă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σχοινί (schoiní)

References

• G4979 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

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