τοπεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τοπήϊον (topḗïon)

Etymology

Maybe from the same Pre-Greek root of στυππεῖον (stuppeîon, “oakum”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /to.pêː.on/ → /toˈpi.on/ → /toˈpi.on/

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

Noun

τοπεῖον • (topeîon) n (genitive τοπείου); second declension

1. rope, cord

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τοπεῖον; τοῦ τοπείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τοπεῖον tò topeîon	τὼ τοπείω tṑ topeíō	τᾰ̀ τοπεῖᾰ tằ topeîă
Genitive	τοῦ τοπείου toû topeíou	τοῖν τοπείοιν toîn topeíoin	τῶν τοπείων tôn topeíōn
Dative	τῷ τοπείῳ tôi topeíōi	τοῖν τοπείοιν toîn topeíoin	τοῖς τοπείοις toîs topeíois
Accusative	τὸ τοπεῖον tò topeîon	τὼ τοπείω tṑ topeíō	τᾰ̀ τοπεῖᾰ tằ topeîă
Vocative	τοπεῖον topeîon	τοπείω topeíō	τοπεῖᾰ topeîă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “τοπεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τοπεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN