χαλάζιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάλαζα (khálaza, “hail”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/ → /xaˈla.zi.on/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈla.zi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/

Noun

χᾰλάζῐον • (khălázĭon) n (genitive χαλαζίου); second declension (Koine)

1. a small granule of hail

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χᾰλάζῐον; τοῦ χᾰλαζῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χᾰλάζῐον tò khălázĭon	τὼ χᾰλαζῐ́ω tṑ khălazĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ χᾰλάζῐᾰ tằ khălázĭă
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰλαζῐ́ου toû khălazĭ́ou	τοῖν χᾰλαζῐ́οιν toîn khălazĭ́oin	τῶν χᾰλαζῐ́ων tôn khălazĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰλαζῐ́ῳ tôi khălazĭ́ōi	τοῖν χᾰλαζῐ́οιν toîn khălazĭ́oin	τοῖς χᾰλαζῐ́οις toîs khălazĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ χᾰλάζῐον tò khălázĭon	τὼ χᾰλαζῐ́ω tṑ khălazĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ χᾰλάζῐᾰ tằ khălázĭă
Vocative	χᾰλάζῐον khălázĭon	χᾰλαζῐ́ω khălazĭ́ō	χᾰλάζῐᾰ khălázĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• > Byzantine Greek: χαλάζιν (khalázin) (inherited)
  • Modern > Greek: χαλάζι (chalázi) (inherited)
• → Late Latin: chalazion
  • → English: chalazion

Further reading

• “χαλάζιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χαλάζιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette