χαλκηδόνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαλκηδών (khalkēdṓn, “chalcedony”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.kɛː.dó.ni.on/ → /xal.ciˈðo.ni.on/ → /xal.ciˈðo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.kɛː.dó.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰal.ke̝ˈdo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xal.ciˈðo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xal.ciˈðo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xal.ciˈðo.ni.on/

Noun

χᾰλκηδόνῐον • (khalkēdónion) n (genitive χᾰλκηδονῐ́ου); second declension

1. antimony, kohl

   Synonyms: λάρβασον (lárbason), στίμμι (stímmi)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χᾰλκηδόνῐον; τοῦ χᾰλκηδονῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χᾰλκηδόνῐον tò khalkēdónion	τὼ χᾰλκηδονῐ́ω tṑ khalkēdoníō	τᾰ̀ χᾰλκηδόνῐᾰ tà khalkēdónia
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰλκηδονῐ́ου toû khalkēdoníou	τοῖν χᾰλκηδονῐ́οιν toîn khalkēdoníoin	τῶν χᾰλκηδονῐ́ων tôn khalkēdoníōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰλκηδονῐ́ῳ tôi khalkēdoníōi	τοῖν χᾰλκηδονῐ́οιν toîn khalkēdoníoin	τοῖς χᾰλκηδονῐ́οις toîs khalkēdoníois
Accusative	τὸ χᾰλκηδόνῐον tò khalkēdónion	τὼ χᾰλκηδονῐ́ω tṑ khalkēdoníō	τᾰ̀ χᾰλκηδόνῐᾰ tà khalkēdónia
Vocative	χᾰλκηδόνῐον khalkēdónion	χᾰλκηδονῐ́ω khalkēdoníō	χᾰλκηδόνῐᾰ khalkēdónia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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