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 • (khălkēdónĭon) 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 khălkēdónĭon	τὼ χᾰλκηδονῐ́ω tṑ khălkēdonĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ χᾰλκηδόνῐᾰ tằ khălkēdónĭă
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰλκηδονῐ́ου toû khălkēdonĭ́ou	τοῖν χᾰλκηδονῐ́οιν toîn khălkēdonĭ́oin	τῶν χᾰλκηδονῐ́ων tôn khălkēdonĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰλκηδονῐ́ῳ tôi khălkēdonĭ́ōi	τοῖν χᾰλκηδονῐ́οιν toîn khălkēdonĭ́oin	τοῖς χᾰλκηδονῐ́οις toîs khălkēdonĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ χᾰλκηδόνῐον tò khălkēdónĭon	τὼ χᾰλκηδονῐ́ω tṑ khălkēdonĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ χᾰλκηδόνῐᾰ tằ khălkēdónĭă
Vocative	χᾰλκηδόνῐον khălkēdónĭon	χᾰλκηδονῐ́ω khălkēdonĭ́ō	χᾰλκηδόνῐᾰ khălkēdónĭă
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