σωφρονιστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “σωφρονῐστήρ (sōphronistḗr) +‎ -ῐον (-ion)?”

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.pʰro.nis.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /so.pʰro.nisˈte̝.ri.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /so.ɸro.nisˈti.ri.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /so.fro.nisˈti.ri.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /so.fro.nisˈti.ri.on/

Noun

σωφρονῐστήρῐον • (sōphronistḗrion) n (genitive σωφρονῐστηρῐ́ου); second declension

a house of correction
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 908a
- 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 2.54

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σωφρονῐστήρῐον; τοῦ σωφρονῐστηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σωφρονῐστήρῐον tò sōphronistḗrion	τὼ σωφρονῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ sōphronistēríō	τᾰ̀ σωφρονῐστήρῐᾰ tà sōphronistḗria
Genitive	τοῦ σωφρονῐστηρῐ́ου toû sōphronistēríou	τοῖν σωφρονῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn sōphronistēríoin	τῶν σωφρονῐστηρῐ́ων tôn sōphronistēríōn
Dative	τῷ σωφρονῐστηρῐ́ῳ tôi sōphronistēríōi	τοῖν σωφρονῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn sōphronistēríoin	τοῖς σωφρονῐστηρῐ́οις toîs sōphronistēríois
Accusative	τὸ σωφρονῐστήρῐον tò sōphronistḗrion	τὼ σωφρονῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ sōphronistēríō	τᾰ̀ σωφρονῐστήρῐᾰ tà sōphronistḗria
Vocative	σωφρονῐστήρῐον sōphronistḗrion	σωφρονῐστηρῐ́ω sōphronistēríō	σωφρονῐστήρῐᾰ sōphronistḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: sōphronistērium (New Latin)

References

“σωφρονιστήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press