τοπάζιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τόπαζος (tópazos) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /to.páz.di.on/ → /toˈpa.zi.on/ → /toˈpa.zi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /to.páz.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /toˈpa.zi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /toˈpa.zi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /toˈpa.zi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /toˈpa.zi.on/

Noun

τοπάζῐον • (topázĭon) n (genitive τοπαζίου); second declension

1. diminutive of τόπαζος (tópazos)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ τοπάζῐον; τοῦ τοπαζῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τοπάζῐον tò topázĭon	τὼ τοπαζῐ́ω tṑ topazĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ τοπάζῐᾰ tằ topázĭă
Genitive	τοῦ τοπαζῐ́ου toû topazĭ́ou	τοῖν τοπαζῐ́οιν toîn topazĭ́oin	τῶν τοπαζῐ́ων tôn topazĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ τοπαζῐ́ῳ tôi topazĭ́ōi	τοῖν τοπαζῐ́οιν toîn topazĭ́oin	τοῖς τοπαζῐ́οις toîs topazĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ τοπάζῐον tò topázĭon	τὼ τοπαζῐ́ω tṑ topazĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ τοπάζῐᾰ tằ topázĭă
Vocative	τοπάζῐον topázĭon	τοπαζῐ́ω topazĭ́ō	τοπάζῐᾰ topázĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Ge'ez: ትጳዝዮን (təp̣azyon)
• → Old Georgian: ტპაზიონი (ṭṗazioni)
• → Latin: topazium, topazion
• → Classical Syriac: ܛܘܦܐܙܝܘܢ (ṭōppāz(ī)yōn)

Further reading

• τοπάζιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “τοπάζιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• G5116 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible